“It wasn’t been that l-” I shut up at his scowling expression. “Sorry, sifu!” I bowed to him and he gave me a curt little nod. When I stood,...Goat nodded, then whistled. Chirp sprang to their feet, then jogged off with the most adorable ‘hut hut hut hut’ noises, then came back with a large pole with a heavy weighted sack of sand dangling from the end of it. They set it down on the center of the deck, without showing the slightest hint that the sack had been heavy, despite it looking as if it. I not only memorized the map for the city and surrounding area but most of the business listings and their specialties." You use Master PC?"She nodded."Are you a Mind Magi?"Her brows furrowed and she glanced at me, "Me? No." She went back to watching the road.I continued to watch her. I was puzzling over the way events were going and the fact that most of the people I tended to count on were women. Apparently I was too silent in contemplation too long because Whisper said, "Look, Ral, I'm sorry. Well, it was the kind of joke she’d tell to your face anyway; it wouldn’t really work now.”“Hostility has never become you, Troy. What else is wrong?”It was Troy’s turn to lose a step. He swallowed before continuing.“Susan, the other woman at the bachelor party; the one who didn’t come here with us.”Helena leaned back and looked in Troy’s eyes.“She’s important to you.”“And to Julie.”“Yeah, but she’s more important to you. Ok, I’m sorry; she’s off limits.”“Thanks. That was easier than I. Natty screamed and threw her shopping bag on the porch. She turned around and poor Jimmy was laughing so hard that there was no way he could deny he did it or defend himself. Natty scooped up a handful of wet snow and began to compact it into a ball of her own. Jimmy saw what she was doing and reached for another handful of snow. Natty charged him making sure she got close enough that she couldn't miss. By that time Jimmy was frantic and threw a half completed ball of snow that went wild and.