“Do I look like you remember?” Ivar asked as he leaned into her palm.Sigrid gave him a faint smile and placed her other hand on his cheek. “You ...ook tired, brother.” She rubbed her thumbs along the line between beard and skin, still feeling that strange elation as he cupped her jaw.“I am…” his expression fell slightly to one of contemplation as he looked her over once more. “You. You’ve become a woman.”She felt herself blush. Sigrid stepped closer until she was almost flush to him and rested. I sat at the workdesk and he stood behind me. It started and I saw Suzie who had been John's girlfriend for a few months.She was a sweet-looking blond Junior and I had the hots for her, so my interest was piqued. She was just walking through the park and smiling at the camera.Then she was in this same room. John's bedroom. And then she started doing a strip-tease. I turned round and looked up at John."You sure it's OK to see this?" Yeah. I want you to." She won't mind?" She won't know. You. And the longer I sit around waiting for something good to happen in my life the lazier I seem to get.I sit down in my living room every morning and inertia sets in. I know I should be looking for work or cleaning house or just about anything but sitting in a lumpy old chair watching my life unravel around me. I know that you can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket. I know that no knight in shining armor is going to ride up to my door on his mighty steed and save the day.But still I sit. The birds flew at face level, beaks, talons and wings all working to blind the trio. That’s when they discovered that their weapons had no effect. Spear points and John’s ax passed right through the animals’ smoky bodies. Unfortunately, their enemies didn’t have that problem. Sygraid and John both received gashes to their face, and only Sygraid’s shield and a quick dodge by John kept them from being bitten.“It’s not working!” Treb cried in dismay.“Don’t give up!” John commanded.“I’m not!” Deni.