I was riding my bike home after finishing my collections and before I could even react, they came screaming past me and stiff-armed me. I went sailing...right off the bike and into the roadside ditch. The bike landed partly on top and partly under me. About six inches of water was draining through the ditch. I couldn't help it; I started crying. Damn those damn bastards. Damn them. Damn them!I heard their tires skid on the gravel road and they spun back to look at me in the ditch."Aw. Poor Brian.. He had thought guilt the righteous leader, but now his passions whispered even as they screamed. ‘Surrender to us’, they seemed to say, ‘and you will never feel anything but joy. Cast out your self-loathing and embrace your dark urges. She’s right, so why not prove she’s right? She wants it deep down, and if she doesn’t – so much the better.’Rose had crossed the short space between them, and now she put a hand down to cup the unmistakable bulge that had grown in his breaches, massaging it. ’ The sorceress leaned forward, propping herself up on the table with her palms, ‘Then let us accept as a given that the comely house mistress will likely be cumming, and let’s move on.’ Her tone turned more serious. ‘If the dear Lord is involved, let me end him.’ ‘No,’ she said again, more firmly, as if speaking to a subordinate, and, in some ways she was. ‘Others may choose to connect it to me because they heard whispers second or third hand of Vesik’s plot. That such would put my family in. It was easily the best meal I've ever had. It was so much better than any other meal I've experienced that there was no competition.I'll mention a few less important (than the food) specific events that occurred during dinner:^Most importantly, everyone had a great time. The food was FANTASTIC (I'll probably keep saying that), the atmosphere was VERY relaxed and friendly, with a great deal of laughter and loud conversation. There was also a complete absence of formality, with people freely.