The garage agreed to touch up the paintwork but only after her mechanic had appraised it. They scheduled the collection tentatively for 5 days later, ...onday morning.Holly and Sam chatted animatedly on the way back to town, and she was delighted when he offered to take her all the way back to Foley Road. He pulled up outside her door and switched off the engine but kept his hands on the wheel.“Thanks again Sam, this has been so kind of you!” she said, daring at last to briefly touch his arm.He. . not as fast as intravenous, but that's not technology available to them." He held up the gourd. "This is available to them." Do the gourds grow like that naturally?" she asked."They're cultivated for the purpose." He set down the gourd. "One of my first experiences in the field was assisting the village medicine-man treat a girl with ascariasis." What's that?" Intestinal worms," Ned replied. "It's a common affliction in the tropics.Caitlin curled her lip. "Eww..." This girl had an intestinal. I grabbed her and pulled her back down into my lap and tickled her mercilessly.“NO!” she squealed. “NONONO! Don’t tickle me! I’ll pee! Seriously, if you make me laugh too hard, I’ll pee myself,” she begged.“Kinky,” I laughed and tickled her a little more, making her scream in protest, writhing and trying to get away from my fingers.“RAAANNND!” she whined loudly until I stopped and just held her, while she calmed down.I kissed her neck and whispered that I loved her, and she purred contentedly.. “What are your plans?” Were they going to pursue making Angela High Queen anyways?I realized I didn't care about that. I didn't care about being a Court Bard any longer.“We're building a temple,” Sophia said. She sounded...not quite happy, but contented, accepting of what had happened. “We're guarding the pass. Angela thinks Lady Delilah set up her lair here for a reason.”“The Shizhuth Empire,” I said, glancing to my right. The dark land of the nagas. “A noble idea.”“It will be.” Sophia bit her.