Dianna entered the room and in a hushed voice said, "Jared and Matt getout of the way by the windows. Leigh stand on my right. Listen everyonewe will ...nly have one chance for this. Wee Lo is too strong for the tenof us to kill but it we all hit her at once we will be able to push herback through the portal.It will take her sometime to get back and by then Willow will be dead andwe will be long gone. When I say, "Now Willow come out and hit Wee Lo atonce. I was lucky enough to catch Willow. Given the often harsh and baleful life on Vengaia, it was witless for any femelle to put off bearing children. After the Ritual Childe, a femelle could have two more before needing leave from the Witan. If a femelle had a fourth childe without leave from the Witan, she would have to pay the babybote and might be made to yield her consort. The Witan, always reminded the folk that growth of the Gathering needed to be done in a guided way. Needless to say, the Witan did the guiding. Begum was. They all paled before her, she looked better than a most perfect Vargas Girl. I reached for her and she disappeared... I skipped out of work that day and went to the arcade early. My junk food money disappeared into the change machine to chunk out as shiny quarters. I fed the Dark Stalkers machine, but my mind wasn't into it. And I needed to get past this level to see my sorceress. C'mon Steve, you can do it with your eyes closed, concentrate! A few dollars of quarters later, I finally made it. "Hell, I know it's not your fault, Boy. I was just wondering if you're planning to travel to Landkur, now that you're here? If so, can I hitch a ride? I might be able to make a trip like that the old fashioned way, but if your going to make a portal and go through to Landkur, it would save a whole lot of time and wear and tear on my body," Hank said with a grin."Hank? I can't make a portal to a place I have never been. The memories I do have were tampered with. I don't think I have a good.