Melody's clothes were missing so she must have left. It was simple to create the warding stone. Basically it would let her know if anyone near it had ... disease.I finished my studying and started for the kitchen when she returned. I smiled, "I was going to fix dinner. Would you like to join me?"She smiled and nodded and crossed to go into the kitchen. Seeing things moving around and cooking by themselves had her hugging my arm. After dinner, we took a walk and she asked if she could stay with me. “Great...”“Look” the older man started, the tone of his voice indicating the slightest hint of pity from behind the barrier. “Keep goin down the main drag about ten blocks and you'll find Rick's. Nice little diner, open 24/7, except for when they feel like closing. If you're lucky, they're open. It's Ruby that runs the place now. A real bleedin heart, that one. Bet she'll fix you up with somethin.”“Thanks” Sean began. “...I didn't catch your name?”“Call me Jim. And don't thank me. You're still. “As to why no technical experts, I don’t need them. All of the boats we’ll be using came out of the Dream Boats yards and are my designs, so I know their capabilities better than anyone else.” Her eyes go wide at this because she didn’t know he designed them. “The same with the rest of our specialist equipment as it all comes from my factories, and most of them are my design or one I’ve studied and approved.”In shock she asks, “Gerry, how rich are you?”While laughing he replies, “I don’t think. .. a game." Justin noted with his eyebrow raised."Not just a game you dork! It's the game of the century! Of the millennium!" he grabbed Justin's shoulders and shook them trying to shake some sense into him."Fags."Came a voice from behind. Billy Dickenson: School Bully and general pain in the ass to everyone whom he deemed uncool in one-way or another. Billy lived with his sister, for his parents had passed away when he was 10 years old. He'd never been the same. Justin casually extended his.