" Well," he said, looking sheepish. I punched his arm, scowling, and felt the hardness of his muscle against my fist. He flinched, though it was jus... playing along; I had no strength in my punch. "I'm going upstate tomorrow." I deepened my scowl and he quickly added, "But I'm only there for a couple of days and then I'm free until next Sunday night. If you can get work off, maybe we could go somewhere."He smiled the way he always smiled when he'd disappointed me, a smile that promised. "So why turn me into a copy of you?" I said."You said that you'd help and that the skills you've learned would help meto defend myself. If we'd been touching the medallion for a full 30minutes I would have all of your martial arts skills as well as your body.But we were only touching for about 15 minutes. I think we'll have someof each other's memories and we'll feel comfortable in each other's bodiesbut I won't have all of your skills or memories," she said."Can we change back?" I asked. They were quite interested in me as well. And Shannon, of course. Apparently all men have a thing about twins. Or at least a fantasy about twins.There was this one guy named Jeremy. We were lab partners for a semester. He was sweet, and I guess the curiosity overcame me, because I ended up in bed with him one night. It wasn’t awful, but my curiosity was assuaged. While I admit to still finding some men interesting on higher levels, I haven’t slept with any of them. Jeremy could tell too. We. Both have stated that they would like nothing more than to see me dead.”Thirty minutes and I paid the fee and we got out. I looked at the imposing building that was the Noble’s Hall and started for the main doors. The nobles here were not my friends or friendly. Behind us the black vehicles stopped and the royal guards rushed out and after us. We walked through the doors and I looked for some sign of where to go.I caught a boy in a rich costume, “where is the nobles council hall?”He shifted as.