Sometimes , it frustrated him that he couldn't use morepowerful magicks. But he knew that as a boy, it wasn't going to happen.As stated, the powers o... darkness were at work. The Merriwicks were oneof their targets, but due to the powerful shields surrounding GreyHouse, and for that matter, most of Middleton, they couldn't attackdirectly. In fact, except for some of the most powerful ones, theycouldn't even enter the town, as they suffered excruciating pain justfrom crossing the border. . "Right? I mean, Literotica is cool and all, but this place is fuckin' dope. Hands down."If we had hands, I would agree with you. Well, I do agree with you, but-"Yeah, yeah. We physically don't have hands. Quit reminding me."Since you're literally just Dialogue personified, I don't see how you could forget that fact."Oh, well sor-ry. Not all of us are uber-coherent Narrators."Coherent? Huh... I think that's the closest thing to a compliment that I've ever gotten from you."Oops, I misspoke. What. Yeap, we were made. Didn't know by whom but we had a tail. The portacom buzzed and Blake told us to speed up. I asked him to let me try my new toy first and if it didn't work then he could take it out. As we sped up the tail car moved to catch up with us. As it moved up behind us I triggered the plate and it fell down. Grunt had cut me a gun port in the rear of the van door. I aimed and fired at the front grill. The blue streak of lightning hit the hood and the car stopped right in the middle. Her new limbs were straight up in the air and she felthelpless but at least the pain in her limbs had disappeared almostentirely.An hour later, Charlotte and Jerome arrived at the stable. "It looks likeyou're ready to be placed in a more normal position for a cow," she heardCharlotte saying.Marie felt the ropes being removed. Charlotte and Jerome slowly rolled herto her side on the straw. She was partially lifted up by the couple and abroad band was pushed under her ribcage and one just above.