Matthew was my big brother, my protector and always kept an eye out for me. Whenever I was in trouble or felt down, I would always go to Matthew, rath...r than mum or dad. I guess we had an ordinary upbringing, with dad going to sea as a fisherman, often away for days or weeks on end. The winters were very long and cold and fine days were very rare. Back in my childhood, I never regarded Matthew as a sexual object as such. Like all young siblings, we were put in the bath together by mum, but. I smiledand turned away, trying to hold in the giggles. She was crazy and Ireally did love her for how she treated me - I was just one of the girls.The rest of their bantering, when Bryant had finished our drinks, wasrelatively tame. They tried to drag me into their flirting routine, butI declined. We all laughed and our mid-morning break ended on a highnote where Bryant was concerned - Lisa had gotten her fix.We usually would find a standup table near the atrium to drink our coffeeso Lisa. Then I noticed he had a towel over his genitals. I looked at it, and then at him. "Problem?," I said."Yeah, a little. There IS something to you doing all the preparing for butt-sex. You know, unpleasantness?..." Ohhhhhh, I understand. Why don't you get me a towel, so I can get to the toilet, and then you jump in the shower? Where is the bathroom, come to think of it?," I asked not believing we had been there 3 hours or so and not yet had to look for it."Theres one in each bedroom, but this one. He was still searching for ingredients for others. Sometimes Shavala helped him, but this time she’d stayed in camp.The elf said, “Close your eyes if it helps, then think of the sigil. Imagine it to be hidden, so nobody can see it.”“Can we imagine that it’s gone completely?” Katrin asked.Shavala shrugged. “You can try. Maybe it’ll work.”Katrin shut her eyes and tried to focus on the mark, imagining it to be gone, then imagining it to be hidden just for good measure.“Hey, you’ve got it!” Corec.