For both of us, sports was kind of our 'office'. It was through our athletic prowess we were paying for our education and most of the family expenses....In a very real way, it was how we made our living. Being able to 'work' with Hanna, outside of our normal joint workouts, was pure pleasure. She was fun on the trips, too.One thing I especially appreciated was the quality of coaching we got. (Oregon is known as a track Mecca, and the coaches were all superior.) Hanna's heights increased, as she. As I have now become taller thanmy older sister I asked my aunt if she was going to buy my own dress asmy sister's was so short on me, however I was told that it was not rightthat a boy had a dress of his own and that she preferred to see mewearing the shorter dress.As I became a little older, these sessions were reduced, whichdisappointed me, however I later discovered it was my mum who had steppedin to stop my aunt having her own sister in law having too much fun.In the meantime, the normal. I actually gagged a few times after reading what I had found.It was almost not worth the few gold nuggets I found after digging through the load of manure. The only worthwhile things that I could trust were historical and mythological data.The library had a few books that help me compared the different systems. It became obvious after a while that Magic was unlike Physic and Math in that you could not depend on a spell being repeatable from one Practitioner to another.I knew that once I cast a. . that... thing has so much as harmed a single hair on her head there won't be enough of him left for Hades to toy with. I, Arthur Pen Dragon, give my bond and oath as king on that!"As if that settled things between them, Emory nodded and then slowly turned toward the street entrance to the observatory. Another siren wailed past. Emory stared out at the world beyond as he spoke."Wart, make no mistake, this is war most terrible. The very thing we left our homes to come to the new world to.