“But we like you like you are!”“Something like that.”“Mom is at a jobsite, Uncle Dave, but she should be home soon. She thought she would ge... here before you did.”I turned to Charles. “I am staying here tonight, but will need a ride to my house in the morning for clothes, something I should have thought about, and I have a nine am meeting with the writers at the law firm. What do you need from me?”“Not much, David. If you promise to stay in the apartment, that will free Andrew and I up to do. And I had seen it before, but not with my eyes. I'd seen it in a dream, the dream I'd dreamt back in Wiesbaden after seeing that other painting, undoubtedly from the same master. The dream that opened once again the floodgates of my libido. The dream of the Italian boy Dominic."Livy?"I blinked. People were staring at me. I somehow managed to stammer out an answer to Robert's question. "I haven't seen this before, but I have seen another work in a similar style. This is unquestionably the same. I actually got some work done. The same on Tuesday morning. Wells family reunion. Ann arrived at 3i just before two. I asked her why she was so early and she said that it was a short lab. I said that someone was being kind. She agreed. She also said that Yvonne was very happy because her uncle was giving her a ride and would not have to wait so long for her. The two had had lunch together and then her uncle went wandering around campus both enjoying memories of past times and exploring all. The barkeep, a bald dwarf with a mighty full beard, looked expectantly up at him.“Tea, please. With a shot of rum, if you have it,” Leo said, before turning his attention back to Shilana, who was intently studying the row of bottles lining the back of the bar.“What, ‘fraid to drink with the lady?” the dwarf snickered.“Believe me, you don’t want a drunk mage and a drunk paladin in your tavern, good sir,” Leo chuckled.“What’s this?” Shilana asked, unsteady finger pointing at a stout black flask..