He pulled us close and held us up. I didn't think about Bill's hand on my bare butt,and held on to his neck. I noticed Dan was laughing and kicking hi... legs I looked behind Bill and seen he was holding Dan the same way. I looked over in front of Bill, but there was to much splashing to see under water. Suddenly I felt pinching on my butt. I started kicking and splashing. Trying to get from his hand I tried slipping away, but ended up facing the other way. Now bills hand was holding my groin. I said, “Now we need to get you past whatever guard is left near the entrance of the council headquarters so that you can alert the Council. Tell them I sent you.”He nodded towards, signalling his assent before saying, “Let’s go.”We quickly moved towards the location of the entrance, knowing that time was of paramount importance. When we arrived there, we saw that only two Untethered were left guarding the entrance to the Council headquarters, with the rest seemingly with Frost.We took a moment. When I came back, she’d showered and had changed the sheets on my bed and sprayed air freshener in the apartment.“It really smelled like us, and not in a way I want Kathy to notice!” Elyse giggled when I thanked her for cleaning up.Kathy called while I was making breakfast. She said she’d be at the 55th Street station about 9:20am according to the schedule. I told her I’d meet her there. Elyse and I finished breakfast, and I started a load of laundry while she swept the floors. I took the trash. He made sure to applyseveral coats of mascara. His final act was to liberally apply some sortof subtle glitter onto my neck, chest and cleavage."Bene," he said looking at me before selecting a lip color.I looked in the mirror. He was a miracle worker for sure, and eventhough the orange elixir Alastair had given me had soften my face, Istill looked a bit like a man in makeup.I voiced my concern to Giancarlo."Si, I understand. Make-up does many wonderful things but it onlyaccentuates what is.