“‘Nothing is for free,’ Chad?” Elia repeated, crossing her arms indignantly“Yeah. If you’re ‘gonna stay here, you have to give me someth...ng in return,” retorted the bold little twit. He returned her gesture with a cross-armed, fixed state of his own. He seemed to gain confidence in his ultimatum after mewling out more of it.Elia knew Chad had no idea about the interstellar treatises in place to protect the indigenous people of civilizations below Mjolnir. Chad couldn’t have possibly known about. “I’m a stripper Tyler.”He didn’t back away, he didn’t look repulsed, he didn’t even break eye contact.He put held my hand with his and let his other hand rest on my thighHe then surprised me by letting out a laugh.“That’s all auntie?”“Yes.”“Thank god.” He said “by the way you walked in I thought it was something a lot more serious then that.”“You don’t think this is serious?” I questioned“Well it’s a shock of course but I understand, Mom told me about how grandma and grandpa kicked her out, and. Certainly Thomas was not thinking of speaking with her father! No, he would not dare! ‘Well, for moral support. He’s my brother after all,’ answered Robert, ‘and he’s never been to Windfarn before.’ Abby frowned at Robert’s smile, but she could not argue with him about those reasons. She knew he had not told her the truth. He was a bad liar, but a clever one nonetheless. Even though Robert was supposed to be her friend, he was obviously up to something. Lizzy looked suspicious as well. Abby. “Breathe into him!” Chirp squeaked.“That’s how you fix drowning!” Xora said, nodding. “Draw a breath, then breathe into him!”Ember nodded. He drew a breath, a tiny gold flicker crackling around his mouth. Then he leaned down and pressed his mouth to Jerin Kah’s, breathing into him. Jerin’s chest swelled and then went slack – and then his tongue swept into Ember’s mouth, his hand reaching up to cradle and cup the back of Ember’s head. The kiss went on for another few moments, Ember kissing back.