That is good. I was just coming to see if you would like to go and get some real food.’ He noticed Arianna kneeling beside me and looked back and fo...th between us. ‘Am I interrupting something?’ Arianna stood up and backed away. ‘Of course not, Telemon.’ I stood up and took a deep breath. ‘I was just recovering from trying to draw on the mana too soon.’ Telemon frowned as he walked across the room. ‘You are very lucky to be able to draw on it at all. I have not seen a case of mana burn that. Oh dear! she thought. This could be quite serious! She looked around the base of the plant for a tag and found it. Argyreia nervosa-- Hawaiian baby woodrose. Relative of morning glory, native to Asia and Hawaii... seeds are eaten as a mild psychoactive related to LSD-- good heavens! Still, Rose rationalized, if people ate seeds, plural, for that purpose, one seed was unlikely to do a great deal. It was silly to be overly concerned. Perhaps a bit too readily, she put it out of her head and moved. Marshall?s, always alone, and always nude under my one allowed pieceof clothing. I never know when I will go. Sometimes Paul, my master, willtell me in the morning, after I?ve showered and shaved him, as he dresses,maybe as he does his tie: ?Today you have an appointment with Mr. Marshall? And I answer softly ?Yes Paul? He lets me use his firstname, most of the time. Other times, he tells me the night before, maybe after he?sused me, as I lie in his arms, coming down from subspace. ?Tomorrow. "Do you remember how it happened?" Yes! Plain bloody carelessness! Without bothering to look I stepped backwards into space." That must have been terrifying." Yeah but only for about a second because that's when I hit the ground and knocked myself out." Not nice! Did you remember as soon as you woke up?" No not until doctor's rounds the next morning when Mr Morris started asking me questions." Am I tiring you?" No." He grinned. "When you do I'll probably just gonk out."Diana chuckled. "Without.