I could live in there for the rest of my life. We were both too excited to last very long. After a trip to the bathroom we got dressed. Maria put on a...pair of my pants and a shirt. She had to roll up the pant legs and tighten the belt but she was dressed.We left Isabel in bed and then Maria and I took my tractor down the road to her car. I attached the chain and pulled her out. It was much easier than I had anticipated that it would be. There did not seem to be any real damage and it started. "So which is it that pisses you off the most, the fact that I'm a woman or the fact that I'm black?" What upsets me most Tasha, is that..." and she cut me off."I prefer Mrs. Portly." I don't give a rats ass as to what you prefer. As I was saying, what upsets me most about this is that a long term and loyal employee got shafted on this deal. And I'll tell you right now that your attitude sucks. The lowest seniority on the floor is eight years and they got along without you up till now just fine.. Ranch it. We wouldbe cattle. Or obedient slaves and soldiers." And who told you this?" Jas asked. "The Greens? The Reds?" A civilization far older than theirs." Demons." Dragons."They let Jas keep her pet. In forty days of quarantine, Spidey grewalmost a kilo.And Jas now had a baby bump. Flutters. She could feel an occasional kick.She spent time in quarantine working with Team 5, developing new spells,refining old ones, and trying to reverse-engineer Calen engineering andcode. Jas worked with. Magic was a tame science-- no surprises-- until now. Nobody, either before or after Ykir, had shown the slightest ability to control the Ether beyond the now-standard ways.When put that way, Barrachus thought, it almost made sense. It had to happen again sooner or later. What puzzled him was the fact that the Seers had not been able to predict his coming. Or had they? He nearly missed a step as a chill ran down the old man's spine.What if they did know, and for reasons of jealousy or fear, or.