If you don’t mind...”“No, I’d be delighted,” I said, pleased. I could immediately tell from her accent that she was a mountain girl. I could...almost place her within a hundred miles of where I’d grown up. I smiled and stood. I gathered up my suitcases and she stood, picking up her small one. On impulse I stuck my hand out, and said, “I’m Robert, by the way.”“I’m Willow,” she said. “Willow Ambrighton.”“Pleased to meet you,” I said, and she nodded. We shook hands. Her hand felt small in mine. It. He is staying at the hotel, which is guarded by the other side. So it is impossible to hit him while he is there.I later caught a glimpse of him at a neighborhood recreational facility. I was unable to do anything about it at that time due to how many other people were around. I figured a more personal touch would be given to this matter. I have determined the best course of action is to wait until the local educational system reconvenes classes in a few weeks.Then I plan on trailing him and. ‘I am light with my weakness, now, so take me on your back and carry me. I will not be able to walk or glide here.’ I did so, and we were off. It felt odd to have this old man on my back, and odder still to have him there with such ease. He pointed the direction he wanted me to go, and I went that way. As far as the eye could see, there was light gray ash upon the ground, light and finely powdery, so that footprints were extremely obvious, and deep. In places, as we went, there were larger. Everything he thought he knew about what was happening to him went out the window with that one simple statement. While he was by no means fully versed in what he was able to do ever since he got the ring, he had been certain before today that he was able to quietly and completely influence someone sitting close to him, as Harry was. Instead of reassuring him that he was not some freak, it brought Thomas to a level of self-doubt he had not experienced before. Harry favored Thomas with a smile,.