"Where? I mean, is this... ? How long was I in that fire?" Longer than you needed to be," Zai's thumb was stroking my hand again, "And yes, this is He...l." He brought me to stand beside him and draped is free arm over my shoulder in order to point. "That is the palace," he gestured to a large building in the centre of the city with domes, towers and flying buttresses, then to a wide sweep of hillside dotted with large sprawling buildings, "And up there is our house." Ours?" We share with several. I can think of more relaxing things to focus upon."Meg picked up another cup and filled it with coffee. "I'm sure you could, if you were real."Derek looked hurt. "But I am real."Meg laughed. "Incubuses ... incubi aren't real. You're a figment of my imagination. You're some distant memory from a horror movie I've long forgotten." Oh, really!" Derek said. "Well, could a figment of your imagination do this?"The coffee shop blinked out of existence and was instantaneously replaced by a different. She came home very drunk. The fighting started immediately. The girls were cowering as usual in the kitchen, in their rooms, in the hall. Just far enough away to watch everything that went on. Kat knew that since we weren't having sex I had to be getting it somewhere. I was fed up. I told her I was tired of not having sex! We were shouting of course. I was going to leave and find me someone else. The girls both started to wail. Kat started to hit at me. Fine! Get the fuck out! She fixed herself. "Molly looked over at Ken, and started to say something to him. When she saw the look on his face, she stopped.Jessica stepped up to Molly and said to her. "Doctor O'Neil, I'm sorry, I acted before I thought it out. All I saw was Admiral Thompson being shot again, like before. I asked the Admiral to shut me off permanently when he finds my capsule. I do not mean just take me out of the capsule; I mean terminate my life, because I'm a danger. He refused to do as I asked. He has inserted a new.