I would be given a potion to prepare my soul for the dying of my body and release unto a new vessel. As a stroke of irony, there was only one person w...o knew how to make such a drink. She was Burr’s own mother, but Skuld assured me that everyone who was allowed intimate knowledge of troll magic held their secrets and integrity higher than anything else. To misuse the magic would mean to rebel against the forces of nature themselves. I had a hard time trusting her words. I was going to die, and. No, it was the person he craved. If he could explain what he knew, maybe if Ramon understood that Ziggy understood, he’d relax, be more honest with himself, more accepting of what he was. What Ziggy was.He sat up and looked down to the end of the room to where Eric and Scott were curled up under their blankets. Those guys slept like the dead, and you couldn’t wake them up with a bugle blast.Ziggy knew he might never have a better chance to talk to Ramon. There were less than three weeks of camp. I was crushed. What had I done? She seemed to be okay with my extended check-up the night before, even pleased, and possibly excited. Was that it? Had I crossed a boundary that betrayed the sexual nature of my 'medical' examination? I hoped not.Later that afternoon, Mom called me out to the studio. She was in the corner, holding one end of the tarp."Help me move these, will you Ben?"I moved quickly to comply, not questioning her change of heart. A dozen miniature statues were revealed, all of. Sort of like how--ack!"Tenacity yanked the long-haired girl away from Robert. Valor steppedforward."Your certainly welcome, citizen. We were happy to be of service and..."Robert eyes narrowed. They definitely were hiding something. "Yeah.Thanks and all but I had some concerns."Valor winced. "What concerns?" Yeah, you see, everyone seems to be very interested in the fact thatI'm glowing." Valor nodded but her eyes were darting everywhere,obviously searching for the next thing she'd say. "I'm.