She smoothly reversed her grip, then muscled herself up until her arms were completely straight. She held that position for a few moments until the ri...gs were completely still and then ever so slowly lowered her body by moving her arms directly out to the side.Paul had watched enough of gymnastics during the Olympics to know that this move was called an Iron Cross and required a tremendous amount of arm and shoulder strength. She held that pose for about thirty seconds and then lifted her legs. " You won't have to wait that long. She's bringing the kids over. Something about the cable being disconnected and they want to watch the parade." Both DSL and cable?" Evidently they're the same thing. She has high speed Internet from the cable company and just calls it DSL."Mom said, "What's the difference?" DSL is sent on top of a phone line. What the cable company sends is completely different." That tells me a lot." They're just different," I said. "Like microwaving and the oven." Whatever.. Shewas so preoccupied with her own hair and nails and stuff that she wasbasically oblivious to her own daughter. I could have dressed like aslut and she probably wouldn’t have noticed.My mom didn’t even notice that I curled my hair for babysitting. I meanwho curls their hair for babysitting? Well unless your boyfriend isplanning to sneak over? My mom finally finished getting ready. Shelooked really good. Well, she does look really good for her age.My mom wore a short black mini skirt and a. We normally feign ignorance about it.”Sándor shook his head. “I think we’re passed that now, don’t you think?” He didn’t sit down, but he took a stand beside the bench, and looked out to the street as they talked. Keeping watch. “If we can trust the spirit...”“Spirits can lie,” Matt said, sitting with Art, voice hushed. “It’s rare. They prefer to do trades, you know? Everything has to be a trade, and if you’re caught lying, your credibility is shot.”That made sense. Spirits weren’t humans. They.