Once he finished, he fell backward and sat on his heels. I could see both him and Brent turn to watch Liz and me.I was trying hard to hold back but th... situation was not making it easy. Stopping my stroking completely would have been a dead giveaway and, I figured, spoiled the “contest.”Fortunately though, I heard Liz take a series of short breaths and saw her stomach quiver.“Eee, eee, eee!” she cried out. Her body arched and she held the lipstick against her mound for another couple beats. “You must be Jeira.” She nodded. “My name is Aran. I am from the Chapel. We received your letter this morning.” He offered a small bow, extending his hand in formal greeting. She took his hand, and he felt his Gift surge deep inside him. This time, though, he felt it course down his arm, out of his hand and into hers.Jeira gasped as Aran’s Gift flooded her body, suffusing her entire being. Aran had no clue as to what was happening; whatever this was, it was new to him. Her hand gripped his. My situation with Becka was suffering from the distance, even if we were spending a lot of time together at the fortress. The plans I had to ease that strain had been somewhat derailed by the episode with the Tulsa Tornado, but Serenity helped get things back on track again by offering me some items from a 'family source'. Having met her mother, I could only imagine what that really meant. The last Saturday in August, I took Becka to dinner at a restaurant uptown called the Crystal Palace. The. Doctor Bennet looked at me and smiled. then said, "Emily there is no way we could have discussed it and made the decision in time to have stopped it. We are always going to be able to second guess Maxine, but we are never going to be able to act fast enough to prevent a single unscripted act from her. That is the nature of the beast I created."The Doctor took a breath then turned to me. "That Maxine is why we are here, can we live with it. Or should we shut you down permanently and hope we find.