"Paul, you were the vessel for the Goddess, an avatar. This alone will have affected you in ways we can't even guess at, yet. All three of you were, '...od Touched' as it is called. It is rare for one person not only to have been an avatar, but also to be changed as you were."But each of you were touched, and have had changes made. We will need to explore what gifts you have been given, besides the obvious ones. What has happened is so rare, I can only think of two other times in our history when. She had imagined him throwing down the tape measure, picking her up and carrying her to her bedroom. Tony had said something and it had brought her back to reality."What?" she had asked."I said I have measured everything that needs to be measured and all I have to do now is go back to the office and do the paperwork."She had no idea what had come over her, but she had taken the tape measure from him and had said, "No, we have one more thing to measure" and she'd let the robe slip from her. Lichte - a man Nic could never address as Neal, despite his insistence - cleared his throat, and the buzz of electronics died."Thank you for coming," Lichte announced. He met every persons' eyes, somehow, an 'interpersonal' trick that Nic wished he could pull off. "Please open the file. Tell me what you see."The men and women exchanged looks as they reached for the access points.Nic waved his hand near the terminal, downloaded and pulled up the document he'd examined over a hundred times. Hell,. On Sundays you'll attend the massthen ask for bible studies tooand volunteer to clean the churchthree nuns will take good care of youThey have a endless list of laborsand closely scrutinize each chore"Stay on your toes to reach above!" Get on your knees to scrub the floor!"Then you will confess your sinsyou know our lord forgives them allthe nuns may not be all that kindyour penance will be corporalAfter confession they take you asideinto the crypt to tell you with glee"down with your pants it.