It wasn’t too strenuous a trip, but it would give Dody a good look at a variety of equipment in the two plants. I should be able to evaluate her abi...ities by the time we got back to Cincinnati. I didn’t need that much time. Almost from the beginning, I could see the native skill of the girl. She understood systems, saw what was happening on the machine, learned from comparing one system to another, then made some deductions. She wasn’t bashful or hesitant. Better still, she wasn’t often wrong. The bathroom alone was the size of most normal hotel rooms. The tub was not quite a small swimming pool, but would easily accommodate more than one person. On top of that it was a Jacuzzi.Jason called out, "Hey look what I found!"When the other three came out of the bath, they found Jason standing by the bed with a remote control in his hand. Grinning, he pressed a button and a panel in the ceiling over the bed rolled back to reveal a king sized mirror. "Kelly, you naughty girl, I love. I don't know how whatever it is got so close,but I think that when it left, that final time, it did so almost withinthe barrier itself and its passage caused the ward to bend with it as itleft the property. It may very well be that it did so because this beinghad succeeded in obtaining Mr. Barnes and the ward was stretched tryingto prevent whatever it was from taking him. It was hard to measure itsstrength from where we were."As he talked some of the color returned to Singh's face. He was. "Lily I don't know if we can be together any more." Lily's face turned to shoock "What but why? You love me." Ben shook his head "I'm not sure that I do anymore." Ben turned away and sat on the grass. Lily lowered herself and rubbed his shoulders. "Ben whats wrong? Tell me please." Ben sighed "Were getting older soon we will be in high school where popularity means everything. I love you but if I plan on getting anywhere I can't be seen with you." Tears began rolling from Lily's eyes. "But you.