But at least it wasn't as bad as last week. The rain had been so heavy the week before that the dirt-track back down into Seven Lakes - a rustic town ...o stuck-in-the-past that they were still using horse and cart to get around - had been washed away.He had been living at the cabin in the hills above Seven Lakes for just over a year, earning just enough money from his paintings to buy new supplies and put aside a little for a rainy day.'Well', he thought to himself turning back to the drawings. .which determine how skilled andpowerful your character is and consists of your hand to hand fighting,your weapon fighting and your chi abilities.Your chi level is how well you can do the super power type things thatyou see martial artists do in various anime, movies and video games,such as creating force fields around yourself and shooting energy blastsfrom your hands. This is what lets you do all of the really cool specialmoves in the game.Then once your character is finished, you can play. “Jake! My God honey, where are you? Jo and your father have been worried sick. So are your children. So am I. Are you coming home soon?”“Tell the kids I love them, Mom, and that I’ll call them soon. I’m okay, by the way, obvious things aside.”There was another little gap on the phone as she processed what I’d said.“Jake, I...”I interrupted her, something I rarely did to anyone.“I need to know one thing, Mom. It’s important to me, so I’d appreciate the truth. Did you know?”There was another. It looked cruel. It looked passionate. And I could tell they were having awickedly fun time. “Sorry I left a bite mark... I tried not to bite that hard”said Fergus to Justin looking completely guilty and super-cute. #Waterbed A huge cumulative energy just burst forth. I didn’t even gettime to think about it. There was just too much happening. I was hypnotised byDakota’s blue eyes, distracted by Fergus’s green ones but in love with thesheer purity of Justin’s hazel ones. There seemed to be eyes.