In my state, I stumbled but Joe caught me and with his arms around me, led me towards the ladder leading down below. I tripped down the steps and lan...ed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. Only lying there a few seconds, I felt Joe helping me up to my feet and leading me down the hallway towards the bedroom area.He led me into one of the bedrooms and told me to stand leaning against the bed while he got the bed ready for me. I watched him through hazy eyes, turn down the bed then come. " He seemed to think better of saying anything more and he turned around, walking through the back door of the armory.I fed and watered Hub, then took care of myself. Hanging my rifle on a handy nail and stripping out of the clothes I'd been wearing for the better part of a week. I washed them first, my trousers and shirt, my thin panties and socks, even my hat. I set everything aside and went to work checking myself for bugs. I used my little mirror, a folding compact I kept in the box with. . The more Gabe thought about it, the more sceptical he grew. If it really was so great and powerful, why was it lying in a marsh? And secondly, Gabe had never heard of Onderious the Wise, and he had a slight penchant for myths and legends. However, he decided it couldn't hurt to test it out, and what better way to do so than to wish for something stupid. Gabe held the coin firmly in his right hand, holding it out a little and spoke aloud, "I wish that my penis was 14 inches long!" The coin. Next came the cheap jewelry. There were three strands of oversizedbeads in dayglo colors. Then came clip-on earrings featuring a big redball on each. Several dangling bracelets went on each wrist and therewas a ring with a large plastic gemstone on it. My wife smirked at meand declared that the finishing touch would be even more make-up. Sheintentionally applied it in a hurry and without care, giving me longdrawn-on lashes and a wide cartoonish smear of a crimson mouth. Thesloppy look was.