She swiped her way onto the platform hoping desperately that her train would arrive quickly for fear that she might just melt. “The next uptown, loc...l one train will arrive in seven minutes”, announced a booming voice over the loudspeaker, as Leila dug in her bag for anything that she could fashion into a fan. Failing to find anything useful Leila glanced around the platform taking in the characters that she saw; a blue-haired old lady, a family of tourists trying to read the map, a young woman. The basement had enough room for everybody, but I wasn’t expecting all the boys to be able to make it. I waited for as long as I could before locking the door but the boys were getting too antsy down in the basement. I looked outside one more time and saw two more boys rushing to the door. “You boys almost missed out,” I said as I let them in.We were all now in the basement and I did a quick count of all the boys. The total count of twelve did not surprise me at all as these were a bunch of. " The highly decorated officer standing next to them said."for as long as I shall live." Sibilius and Alana repeated.The presiding officer stepped back and nodded. Alana pulled the instrument out of her body. The blade was rounded, now, and stretched the skin around her wound as she pulled it out. There was a dark piece of organ meat grasped inside the blade.Sibilius had pulled out the knife in his stomach as well. It looked the same as hers."Accept my gift to you – a part of me to live inside. " Mom's OK with that?" "Your mom suggested it! She has some unique insight on it. You have totell her, Mel. If this is the way you want to go?" I think so." Then tell your mom. Then you can see a shrink. They will help yousort out yourself and see if that it the way you should go. I knowalready that I'm going to have the full operation. It's only a matterof time. Listen; get dressed back in your own stuff. Your mom will behome soon." But if I'm going to tell her, shouldn't I be dressed.