We would still have mother, Kyra, and – -. ‘ ‘Would we?’ Syeira asked, interrupting her sister’s tirade. ‘You know the paths that were la...d out on our hands. You have read the cards, the lines, and the stars since you were four and not once have you been wrong.’ Rawnie could not argue. Her gift was one she both embraced and dreaded. She had foretold the deaths of her family and though she had warned her father, he would not hear her words. ‘He should have listened,’ she whispered, as a tear. I tried not to think of all the carnage that was to come simply to rid the world of one Politian. There were no comforting thoughts to be found, though her finger nails digging into my flesh would provide a distraction whilst I invaded familiar dark territory. ………. ‘Now arriving at the twentieth floor presidential sweets please exit the elevator.’ A synthetic voice chimed freeing me from that wretched memory, and back into this new nightmare. ‘So Carn how long have you been with the military?’. "We got her posed and comfortable with a mug of hot tea on the table next to her for her to sip on and get the chill out of her bones. As I painted, I told her about the call from Mrs. James about her brother and that there was no way to guess when she might be home. I told her she was afraid he might not live through the night so I was half way expecting a call at any time. Since I hadn't had one yet, well, no news was good news.The session went well. I felt like I'd made good progress and was. I think you're drifting off course a little, to the right."Dulcie turned the wheel – it seemed quite stiff – and nothing seemed to happen for a moment, but then the bows started to swing ... and didn't stop when Dulcie tried to straighten up."You have to turn the wheel the other way for a moment, to stop the bows swinging," the woman said, helpfully, "then turn it back. It takes a little getting used to."Dulcie nodded and gradually Reminder settled back on course, though wandering a bit as she.