" Dee laughed. If Lani could joke like that, she was coming out of it a bit."The party at Greg's was nice," Dee told her as the pre-game chatter conti...ued. It was a home game, but hadn't been on their plan. Just as well, Lani thought, since the roads were icy and she hadn't wanted to drive. "It's too bad you couldn't come." Mmm-hmmm," Lani said absently, nibbling a cracker."What is it?" Dee muted the television."What?" Something else is on your mind," Dee said. "So out with it." Well, it was. We talked some more. We looked at the stars, and I told him about my interests in astronomy, and how I wanted to eventually have a PhD. I jumped when Nate tickled me. I’m very ticklish. I tried to pry his hands off of me. He laughed, and kept trying. I squirmed away from him, ending up on my back so that I could fend him off with my legs and feet. It was no use. He was much stronger than me. I laughed and squealed for him to stop. I grabbed his hands forcefully, and yanked them outward. That. .. How do I knowyou didn't steal this? They'd never give it to a..," Sorina stammered,suddenly unsure."Oh come on girl, use your brain. Of course they wouldn't. Didn't thedisguise that you stole tip you off? This identity... the rogue drowpriestess traveling the surface world... is just a fabricated role.Don't you see? It's a guise for the Society to use for infiltration andstealth. For delicate operations! When the suit you stole was originallylost we sent several agents to recover it, but we. I was pleased with the way things were going, but at the same time, I could not get over the fact that she didn’t know it was me that was doing this to her.I visited her twice more in her bedroom, and still she never asked how I had got into her home, or knew where she lived. I should have been worried about that, because if the roles were reversed, those would be the first things I wanted to know.Each time I visited, I spent an hour talking to her, telling her what I expected from her.
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