'No one's talking to me," she said.That's all it took for me to make small talk though I couldn't even look herin the face. She has healed nicely in t...e months since but every time I lookat her I see him and what he did to her. I see her lying in a hospital bedwith a bandage around her face and plaster casts on her arms and right legand her scalp still looks like it's been ravaged. In my daydreams I oftenrecall hearing that Doctor talking of a severe skull fracture and since thatincident her. " With that, strolled off with his Steward at his shoulder."Well," Meric asked. "Shall we explore?" Oh lets," Megan replied in a husky voice.Later in the afternoon Megan and Meric walked arm in arm through the garden maze. It was really quite lovely, with head high hedges forming a simple but elegant maze and mini-streams crisscrossing the pathways. Small alcoves containing low benches were scattered through out the garden. The streams collected into a pool in the center of the maze, with a. "Norlan took a slow, long sip of his wine. He let the High Lord's words swirl in his ears for a moment, and repeated them back to himself in his mind until he was satisfied.Lord Ardon lowered his goblet and approached Norlan, a sly smile curling his lips. "Oh, you are milking this, aren't you?" Me? I would never do such a crass thing." Crass things are second nature to you, despite the regard in which the High Lords now hold you. Or have you not looked in the mirror lately?"Norlan slid his hand. ”“Would you mind retrieving it for me?” Oscar asked with a smile. He flicked a finger against the head of the man he held. It made a satisfying noise that sounded a lot like the sound made when testing a melon.Debbie glanced over at Oscar and rolled her eyes. She said, “Would you just threaten them already and let them go? Looking at the obelisk is giving me ideas.”Flicking a finger against the man’s head, Oscar answered, “The threats start after I get my wallet back. Until then, we just.