Looking me up and down he said, ‘If I hadn’t been so upset I would have realized you meant no real harm. You just didn’t know what you were doin....’“He snorted slightly and spit on the ground. There was a puff of smoke and a small circle of grass disappeared. Looking back up at me he said, ‘Well, what’s done is done. A Barukhalah can not be undone. The blessing I gave you is that you can read the mind of anything that is looking at you. But a Barukhalah is a blessing that is also a curse. You. Wade told stories to Thorne and the other children on the voyage from Earth of the green, dew damp mornings he had known back home. Thorne’s generation was the first to be raised in the new colony. Born in space, Thorne and his young friends found it hard to believe the colorful stories. They had yet to see a bright orange sun slowly rising over a distant horizon, or enjoy the many-colored splendor of a seasoned sunset. Wade and Thorne were a team, part of the colony’s regular weekly. In any case, he would really be in trouble if I just quit, so he backed down when he received my promise to return to work as soon as I could.As it turned out, I had a good use for the time that I was home. I had a chance, now, to learn my part of the wedding ceremony, and I set to it with a will. Oh, Man, I had no idea what I was letting myself in for! There was a tremendous amount of stuff I had to learn, and a few days was too short a time for me to become comfortable.Therefore, when the. Maybe it was the home team, if you get my drift. Either way I would move past the messenger drivers, who risked their asses to save your junk. But hey that's just the slow girl talking," I added.Barry didn't say anything he just looked at Holly who nodded. It was the look in her eye that gave her away. The only visible scar I had was the one on my throat. That was only because I wore long sleeves still, I had a feeling that was about to change. I just knew I should have brought those Vicodin.