But I know the real you. You are a good person. A kind person.You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have a life where peopleappreciate those qual...ties."I shook my head. "I don't think your mother has the power to help meout of this. Everything is gone. I have nothing left for anyone." What if I can show you do? Will you give it a chance?" What do you have in mind, Alejandro?" I don't know what the magic will do, but I promise it will give you achance at a better life. Do you trust. Of course, Ykir had. He had been the bridge between the Mortal Plane and the Ethereal. It was he who had created the initiation ritual, being able to influence both Planes into making a secure interface betwixt the two. The greater one's understanding of the Ether, the greater one's discipline, the greater the practitioner of the Arts Arcane one was. It had been so for thousands of years. Magic was a tame science-- no surprises-- until now. Nobody, either before or after Ykir, had shown the. Two uniformed privates flanked him. They saluted.I tried to snap to attention and saluted Major Greenfeld. “Mark Parker, Captain of Corsica reporting.”The Major’s eyes widened as he returned my salute. “At ease.”I waited for him to drop the salute and then dropped mine. “Sorry, if that was a bit sloppy. My experience with the military pretty much started after I was picked up.”The Major nodded. “I’m to take you to Admiral Redmill immediately. Follow me.”The man turned to his right and started. ?Oooh heavy too, I must weigh them properly, eat up quickly sweetie, I want to weigh your meaty testicles.?Not wanting to disappoint her he sped up his eating but he just wasn’t fast enough for her, ?Oh don’t bother with the fork, you’re a big man just dug in there with your face like an animal!?As she ordered him, she took the pie to his face. So he stuffed his face in there and started eating away, licking clean every last bit. ?I’m done grandma!??Come over here,? she said as she led him by.