Mel was already seated at an out-of-the-way table for two on the edge of the service floor. She had a “no trespassing” sign hung out with her body...language, just in case any stray men decided to try their luck, and she was sipping a Pernod prior to ordering.I didn’t need to ask who my contact was. There was a late 50s man in an $8,000 suit with Slavic tough guy written all over his broad face. He was sitting next to the wall at a four-top. He looked more bored than anything else. I also knew he. He fell hard to the concrete floor banging his head when he did. There was a small cut on his forehead. And a little blood. Lauren wiped the spot with her finger, held it up so Kim could see the lovely red smear. They’d drawn first blood. The girls giggled. It wouldn’t be the last blood Jason would shed for them. But it was the first. They were committed now. It felt good. Kim climbed out of the SUV and kissed her lover. Somehow she managed to get her feet tangled up in the boy’s crotch when. ."He began making odd signs in the air... and he began to chant. Lines oflight seemed to trace patterns where his hands went... shapes began toappear then... one of them began to glow... and glow... and... suddenlyexploded with light... my body was on fire... I felt, my skin, bones...were melting, flowing altering... I threw up my arms to shield myselfagainst more... and froze... my arms were lean, soft, hairless...feminine... as were my hands. My fingernails were slightly longerand.... " Any particular reason?" Dunno, just always felt a sort of connection, but haven't had much of a chance to explore it." Earth?" The connection, I guess, if that make sense?" I think so. Andy and I have that sort of connection to Arbor. So do your mom and dad, but they're too immersed in it to see it that way, I think. Andy and I both have very large parts of ourselves invested in Earth and our friends there too though, so we feel both those connections pulling on us." Then you do understand.".