Bad?”“Keeps growing and there’ll be one island.”“That’ll piss off a bunch of ferry companies.” I said. “Now ... where will I find crew...”“Tasmania.”That was weird. “All of them?”“Anyone who knows a line from a halyard,” he said. “Sydney to Hobart race.”“Well ... shit fuzzy,” I said. “Can we stay until they get back?”“I suppose.”“Now I need to call my sister,” I said.“She’s right there,” He looked. “Yup.”“Wrong sister,” I said. “The good one stayed in Dunedin.”“That one’s bad?”“Like you wouldn’t. ‘What do you understand of my intentions for this night, Kitty?’ he asked softly, having to look away from her rosily erect nipples with some force. ‘You will make me your mistress,’ she whispered. ‘But do you know what that involves? What I will do to you?’ ‘Not…really. I mean, I know men and women are differently composed. And a man…somehow…enters a woman.’ Kitty was blushing furiously. All she knew was what she had overheard in the stables once when the hired hands were sharing ribald. It happened a day before your fifteenth birthday, and if you had not been out in the forest practicing magic, you would now be dead...or worse.You had watched helplessly from the treeline as Sindarion’s demons marched through the smoldering streets of your village. Watched as they ransacked your home, snatching away the people you loved through strange, inky black portals. Watched as they cursed the very soil beneath the wreckage so that nothing could ever grow there again. Fleeing the carnage. They both burst out into laughter and wecould tell that they must have had alcohol with the dinner orafterwards. "I don't think so Rick," my dad said, "This girl is not myson." "Rick, if you've gotten a girlfriend please just say so," Elainecontinued, "There is no reason to be shy about having one you know." Mydad continued, "And it is a bit too late at night to come over andattempt ridiculous jokes such as this one. If John's staying over witha friend or something then just say so," my dad.