I have no problems with lightning. I love watching it. However, in this case, I was fast asleep when it rolled through. I suddenly felt myself being s...aken. ‘What wrong?’ ‘Jim, I’m terrified of lightning. I always have been. Bob used to just hold me during storms. Can I sleep next to you so that I feel safe?’ I was just barely awake, my mind wasn’t working yet, so I just said ‘sure!’. I felt the bed depress as Rose climbed onto it, then I felt her back up against my back. Moments later I was. I saw now that much of his concentration was not on his ham-sized-fists, but rather on his feet. They moved and danced with grace, always taking whatever momentum was pressed upon them and guiding it to a new direction, always unbalancing and evading Aryth. The Herd Leader had no chance against his twin usurper. Oluth spun and danced and struck blow, after blow, finally leaving a groaning Aryth on his knees with both hands up in surrender, unable to protect himself from the feathering of jabs. We shadowed the other craft until it slipped in close to the shore and found itself an anchorage. From the look of it, it was a small sheltered cove that was surrounded by stone shelves and sparse grasslands. As they put in for the night we sailed on, looking for our own berth for the night. Luckily we didn't have far to go. We found a matching cove a mile or two distant from where the Minoan ship had dropped her anchors and we put into it for the night.We used the small rowboat to ferry most. I still do notknow if she ran the cash out, or if she wanted to get back and see mysuffering again. I know she walked right at me with her camera in hand.Jessica was drying my hair with the dryer while ruffling it around. Asshe did this I could see it go lighter and lighter. She explained to methat it was important to get my hair about three quarters of the way drybefore she could actually style it. I was hypnotized by what washappening. I felt like I was becoming less and less of a boy as my.