” “Hola, Chica,” I shot back with a smile. Kimmy was 24 going on 42. She’d been hooking since she was 16, and it showed. She rented the place...down the hall from us. Though she was usually sweet to me, she had a violent temper when she was using. I saw her go after one of her string of ‘boyfriends’ once with a frying pan. Yeah, sounds cliché, but I saw the bruises the next day and they were anything but funny. After that, I made sure to keep on her good side when she was clean, and out of sight. I smiled at her in that moment“What’s so bad about it? You are a very good professor.” I decided to make a move, and see if my instincts were correct. I put my hand on her knee and felt it softly. "You know, there is something else you might be able to help with" I declared. She grinned mischievously.“Treading on forbidden grounds there,” she said, touching my hair, then running her finger up the inside of my leg. I closed my eyes, enjoying the touch.“So are you…” I trailed off feeling myself. What if, he asks, we apply atmospheric pressure to one end of a ten-foot, two-inch circular pipe whose other end lies in a chamber evacuated to.75 atm? I am watching the side of Sheryl's beautiful face and notice a small grin develop as our lecturer continues on about partial vacuums.I shift my weight a little and let my hand creep tentatively towards her. Over the handrest it goes, and as it makes contact with her tee she purrs ever so slightly. She pulls closer too, and her head comes to rest. Any who wish to remain and fight after this will be obliged,” she stated loudly in Fae.“We will never surr...” came a reply followed by a choked off gasp and a flowing mass of grey dust from the barricade.Slowly and carefully a Drow stepped forward into our gaze and dropped his weapon. Several of the Fae stepped forward and beckoned him to follow them up the stairwell. He was followed swiftly by a veritable flood of Drow, including two children, all huddling together and acting very nervously.