I have your medical records Margaret got from the state when they adopted you, and you’d had several tests over the years that would have identified...what we see now from you. So we know when you were a child, your biology at least appeared normal, and didn’t start mutating to the point where it was noticeable until some point after you were adopted, again, probably at puberty.”“We knew that already.”“We also knew that the changes you went through didn’t all happen at once. While you were well. Many did not believe it could be true, having seen other artifacts purported to be the true spear. The Count, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, did believe it to be true and so it spread as rumor amongst the soldiers that the Spear of Destiny was to be gained if only we could break the siege. After a fortnight of gossip, the entire encampment witnessed what appeared to be a star plummet from the sky, coming to earth in the vicinity of the Church of Saint Peter.A meteorite? Ben asked, utterly. Billy was myfavorite cousin. After we stopped Auntie Sue ran to the trunk of the carto get a few things. While she was there I saw the diaper bag next tomeon the back seat. It was open and I could see a pink glow coming frominside. I opened and closed my hands and said "Give me dat, give me,give me."Billy turned around. "Give you what?"I pointed to the bag. "The wock, the pwetty wock."Billy reached into the back seat and pulled out several things until hefinally grabbed the pink glowing rock.. I giggled, then I continued swimming. I was content. If this was just the beginning of my summer vacation, I was ready for what was to come.When I got out of the water, Rhett was spreading my towel on the sand, like he knew I was going to lie down."You are reading my mind again,” I said surprised.He just chuckled and sat on his chair, without answering, pulling his hat down on his eyes."I was thinking,” he said, after a while, not changing his position, "we can have lunch together, on my porch.