I switched on the dim light. I saw mom was sitting on the bed, we couldn’t see her face a she had ghungat on. Me and Rajan went on the bed from both...sides, I removed the ghungat from my mom’s head, i saw her face, she was shying..i kissed her on her lips, then Rajan pulled her towards him, they kissed too. Mom then got up, she went to the kitchen and brought a big tray. It had 2 glasses, she gave one to each of us, it was filled with badaam milk.Mom: Aaj humari suhaagraat hai, aaj apni patni ko. Minds, man and beast, bend to your will at the slightest command. You change your shape and form as a mere mortal would put on a new coat. Alchemy, divination, healing, teleportation, necromancy even. All fall within the scope of your peerless mastery. No aspect of the arcane eludes your limitless comprehension. Unfortunately for the green and pleasant land of Atélin, your unrivalled talent is matched only by your greed, rage and lust for power. Living a lonely, if eventful, existence on the. ‘New York!’ A cheer goes up, everyone talking and shouting and praying to their God in different languages. Soon, the ship stops, and men come in from ashore. They will not let us depart. They line everyone up, go around to each person checking out eyes, looking in our mouths, and feeling for a temperature. Some people get motioned to go above deck, most likely to be documented. Others, like Brighde and I, have to stay. Eventually it becomes quieter. Some of the American men go into the hold,. I decided to just stop deciding and go out the door like I was about to before I read the last message. I took my keys, my mace (I still have no idea how he guessed that I had that), and my tea, and went down to my car. It only took about 10 minutes to get to Target at that time in the morning since no one was on the roads really and most of the light were green. There were about 5 or 7 cars in the Target parking lot. There always are, but it didnt look like there was anyone around. The night.