I wonder why", the wizard replied, the last mostly to himself." Come, let us re-acquaint ourselves." The elk king said, and pulled the wizard across t...e meadow to a sheltered area. They talked more as they walked and soon both were engrossed in telling each other tall stories that could neither be proved or disproved. They were talking about an hour when they heard a shot just over the top of the hill. Instantly both were on their feet. The elk king transformed back into the impressive sight. It seemed like she and Judy and Ross and Monte were always together and it was a mix and match sort of thing. I wasn't sure what Carl's brother Rich was doing. I only had three classes at the high school. Still, I could do my other work while my friends and lovers were studying together. By four o'clock we were all winding down and thinking about dates. That, of course, was when the conversation turned to the upcoming wedding."So what does it mean to have this ritual?" Doreen asked. She'd come. Fadil raised his eyebrows and then smiled in approval at me. "That's the right attitude Ilias! And the answer is the Guild did extremely well! As of today, we have twenty-six Royalty from Security, including two at the ruling level." He then shot me a sly grin. "Can you guess who was promoted?"I weighed my answer before I replied, "Ghazi sir, I'm almost sure."The Commander blinked. "Correct! Judging from your test essays, I thought you might pick Hakem."I nodded. "With all respect sir, I had to. When he returned the rest of the way, we were both quiet. Entering the house, he said. “I shouldn’t have hit him.”“Hey, Mario whatever you did was in self-defence. You weren’t going to wait for him to hurt you then hit back.”He was turning out to be an incredible young man, always there when you needed him. Every day in the morning we would get ready for our morning run. To my surprise a week after the incident with the youth outside Tesco I was on my 10-kilometre when my Fitbit bleeped on.