Honored as keeper of memories, Engineer of the hyperdimensional energy construct, a scribe of the universe and masterful psion. Not that a mortal like...you can comprehend the full gravity of that."The being sighed while looking you over during what you must assume was a dream or else this entity could not exist right? It's molting skin was turning to ash before your very eyes and wafting away on the currents of the air. And yet the miasmic appearance of the creature's flesh never seemed to waver. How's it going?" I heard Alistair jump and curse, and opened my eyes, turning to see Zev standing less than two feet away. His hands were empty, though I knew that meant nothing, but the expression on his face was mischievous, not malicious, and I relaxed. "Let me guess. You were going to help me learn to focus by blowing in my ear or something as a distraction."The redness in his cheeks demonstrated the truth to my guess, and I grinned. Alistair grumbled and walked away towards our. They have the reverse problem as we in Preservation. In Salt Lake, there are more men than women while Preservation has still more women. I had been told how this originally happened in Preservation. I can't say I'm sorry when it resulted in my having Mary and Louise as my spouses.In late spring, Will radioed on the two meter repeater that they were close and requested details on coming in. I was at Jack's house and watched as he coordinated the welcome. It was friendly but careful. Traps were. He would often joke to and about Martha. Either they went over her head, or she just accepted Roy and all his faults.No matter how you looked at this couple, you had to love them. It was so easy to see they belonged together.One day Martha made him his favorite dinner, and after he was well fed, she turned to him with a smile."Roy, we don't get out much anymore. The senior center is holding a Halloween party, and I think we should go," she said."Don't you think we're a little old to be going to.