I was walking quietly with Bob along the deck, I wanted to ask him hisadvice but did not know how to phrase it,"Joy, can we sit down?",we found a coup...e of deckchairs and he positioned them so that he waslooking directly at me, we both sat down, he then said,"come on Joy, spill the beans, what's on your mind", how the hellcould he know that, I thought to myself,"it's just, well", I paused so I could join some words together in myhead, "when I found Alice, she, she repulsed me, she actually made. She used a short rubber-covered billy club to beat me. She knew exactly were to strike on my thick muscles, not leaving massive bruises, but causing intense agony. My thighs, calves and arms felt bruised to the bone. I wondered if I would ever stand again.I was slowly filled with a conviction that she could read my thoughts. In my pain and growing exhaustion it seemed any thoughts of anger or rebellion could be sensed by her and would result in another terrible beating. My sense of identity. The largest jewel was the new special gem and they both knew it was her royal gem. The other stones represented the six traits. He was her bonded Paramore and as powerful as a Lord Wizard. They noticed their medallions hadn’t changed and still had the original four gems on them.“Are you still in there, Zed?” Dusty asked the vambrace.“Yes, my Teha, the other entity left since you and I are bonded so well with your current one. Ada and I have a welter of new information to process and new. Puzzled,he walked into the store, noteing a chime as the door shut behind him.That was strange,he thought,noone uses chimes anymore, not to mention wooden doors.An Old man behind the counter greeted him."Hello Alex,How can i help you?" The old man said with a Grin.Alex knew Magic was at work here.How else would the old man know his name? Well,He thought with a chuckle,now i know why this store is here!"Correct" The old man Said again,His grin fadeing into a warm smile."At least Alex isn't as.