. there, in the thicket beyond the hedge, was something new, something very different. Neither a vegetable mind, growing slow and root-linked to its n...ighbours, nor a simple animal mind caught up in the immediacy of living, but one sending a tendril of sense back to her that fed into and fed from her, spiralling them both up towards a pinnacle they could not yet see, a tendril that grew thick and strong as it carried their sensations. Harriet moved faster, her skin sensing every touch of sun. I frankly didn’t know what to do next and my big toe was very uncomfortable, so I straightened it up. Karla fanned her eyes closed and exhaled slowly as my toe suddenly felt all hot and wet! “Your lead, Aurora,” she breathed out ever so lustily. She led her Jack of Hearts then wiggled her toe down a couple of times. Jeanine played the Jack of Diamonds and I felt some comfort in how she was playing. Karla threw away a Ten of Spades and when Celine put down the King of Hearts, I knew we had. The man's hat went flying, but he showed no further ill effects of the shot.Jase lowered his smoking rifle as the sheriff ran up, gasping and wheezing for breath.The sheriff said, "That's some might fine shootin, ' son, two down and at least one wounded, if not two!"Jase replied, "I should've had that third one in front of the bank, but my horse bumped me or I would have."Just as everyone thought the ruckus was all over, still another, a fifth bandit, ran out of the bank firing a fusillade of. I rolled on top of him (I had never done it this way before!) and climbed on top. It felt great and different, but doggy is even deeper, and I think it’s my favorite. I rode him like a pony - we giggled when I told him that - until we both came.Things went downhill a bit then. Mom stirred awake and looked at us blearily, then lurched out of bed and ran to the bathroom. She began worshiping the porcelain god, blowing chunks. Daddy simply shook his head and headed in after her, and I left for my.