"It's to do with the way their magic interacts with their temple of the gods." Will they?" Morgana asked."Yes, if you give me a day or so to get in co...tact with their doorkeepers," Julia replied. "They have no love of the Coalition and might request that a small party of their warriors accompanies you as a way of mixing it up with the Coalition Mages." So long as we can get there and they don't impede our mission, that's fine," Morgana acknowledged. "Nor that they can assume we'll come to their. Was the old battle axe at the front desk going to try to bar my way? Would I be forced to fling her roughly aside as I exercised my powers?She stood to intercept me as I entered. My hackles rose and I girded my loins for battle. Wait! How the fuck do you gird? Never mind. Why was she smiling at me.“Oh, there you are, Master. We had hoped you would get here earlier. Some of the girls are getting prune skin from waiting so long under the showers and we are in danger of running out of hot water if. It was clear that he intended to rush me,cover my mouth with his left hand, and as he slipped behind me, wrap hisother arm around me to facilitate dragging me through the gap in thebushes to do as he wished with me. I wasn't about to give him thechance.Before his feet could hit the sidewalk, I had dropped my purse andturned to face my attacker, stepping back with my right foot into thestandard tee formation. Bringing my hands up in a karate defenseposture, I gave voice to a loud kiai. My, would. The headmaster's enthusiastic caning practices received a good deal of attention from most of the girls. This was hardly surprising, since anything that happened as part of the regular school activities attracted such attention. Girls who were caned, which was most of them, naturally paid very close attention at the time. But almost the entire school followed the sagas of the cane with an enthusiasm that strangely matched Dr. Stanton's own, though his, of course, was much less overtly.