'`Whoopee! I'd rather stay like I am. I've had enough pain to last me twolifetimes, Max.'`The pace will be much slower so you should experience little...of the earlierpain. You have to have this change, kid. Should you ever be seen again inany part of your Raven form, it will raise dangerous questions that couldend up destroying you.'`So what am I going to look like now?' Okay so I was interested!`Long graceful legs, eye stopping reddish hair down to your butt, and a bodythe shape of an imperial. And as a result, my art had taken a turn into new light, texture, and expression.Through all of this, the darkness had been the enemy that I fought.As I sat at the fountain, caught again in the darkness, it felt like a friend—a comforter to my overloaded mind. I understood why Mom and Gramma and even Morgan wore dark glasses. The vivid color of the world was overwhelming to our senses. They sought the darkness that I peacefully absorbed.I controlled it. It was mine.As I realized this, I lifted. I excused myself for taking so long, and told them I wouldn't intrude on them anymore. I said that I would be grateful if they would get me a taxi to go to my hotel.Maria de las Mercedes seemed to come out of a dream with my words. "Are you out of your mind? You're not intruding; we will be served dinner here in fact, and you can continue telling us your story, "Isn't that true, my dear?" she asked Susana.So with dinner served and the doors locked, I continued telling my story. I told them how. She adjusted the cover that she wore over her swimsuit. They had decided that appropriate attire for evenings spent on the patio was a swimsuit and a cover while having drinks with the option of a swim afterwards. It was a more informal evening than those spent in the formal living room.Cathy acted as if she hadn’t heard her mother. Harry rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, “I’m counting down the days.”Summer had always been stressful for her since she was at work and the kids were at.