He was shortly making his way to Alicia's room with a glass of cola inhand."Too busy to greet me?" he asked Alicia upon entering."Paula! I was just so...ting out my clothes," said Alicia. She went to hughim but drew back when she saw the glass in his hand. Then she saw hisfingers."You've got long nails!" she gasped. "That is so not fair!"Paul put his drink down on her table and allowed her to admire his nails."I've got to have them removed tomorrow," he sighed. "Definitely growingmy nails once. The doctor, a friend of Emma's parents from Sunny Acres, was giving the assembly a précis on Felicity's case."Mrs. Watson is suffering from extensive fractures to the lower body, including pelvic girdle, both right and left femur and right tibia and fibula, and the right patella. She won't be dancing for the Rockettes again for quite some time. Due to the soft tissue damage in the abdominal cavity, we've had to remove her spleen and a length of large bowel, and she's also suffered from damage. To destroy and obliterate any species that could be capable of being the host for the Dark One. It was simple, if the Dark One could not find a suitable host to reincarnate; the Dark One thus remained slain and defeated forever.The other way to ensure the Dark One remained in limbo forever was to find the Twelve Token of Power and destroy them, make sure they could not be reunited, but to find these token was nearly impossible as they could be anywhere and not even the Lords of Light knew how. “Stop that, girl. You’re gonna make me cry.”“I know, maudlin. But I really am glad that we’re all friends. You’re all such fun! We rock!”After a bit, Gracey asked, “So, what’s on the agenda for everyone this afternoon? I ask, because I think that Liya, Rhee, and I have a scheduled meeting to discuss kidnapping Beth’s dad and having our way with him.”I sat up straight and stared at Gracey, my mind’s wheel traction-less.“Oops,” she said. “Was I not supposed to mention that in front of Beth?”Liya.