I could not see anythingbut the light as the room was no more for me and then the universeblinked.As the bright light faded, It was clear that a chang... had occurred. Ifound that I was standing on the other side of where Stephanie Brownhad been before and I also noticed I was a spirit. I looked over whereI had been standing and I saw Dick Grayson very much a man, not as hehad been but he looked older. Dick had on a new costume that lookedlike a very mod Batman outfit and nothing like the old. For a moment he wondered who emptied that box and read the inventory slips, but then he remembered Larry.Larry had asked those same questions. At first it had been a joke between the supervisors, "I'm dropping off distro to the Black Hole." But then Larry had started poking around, hanging out near the distro room and watching who came to pick up the envelopes that had no routing names. Pretty soon Larry had an accident. He was OK, as long as you don't unplug his respirator. The doctors say. Most guys know thatforeplay is a tease. It's like the pre-game warmup to the biggest gameof the year, the Superbowl. Only the most die-hard fans of either teamwant to sit down and watch a bunch of guys stretch their quad muscles orgroins, but because they are invested in the game and it is part of theexperience, they put up with it. That is foreplay to most men. We wouldfast forward it if we could, and sometimes I tried.Ms. Perkins said, "Oh, actually I'm just doing a reading with you.. That had made sense as otherwise part of the cane would be missing its target. So, she positioned herself with that in mind.Lucy was happy with her position and as she tapped the cane twice on Katie’s bottom, said sternly, “Six strokes, you naughty girl.” Lucy liked the idea of calling Katie ‘girl’ even though she was forty-one-years-old, because it would remind her that she was being disciplined by a teenager.Katie said hesitatingly, “Sorry, erm Miss Lucy,” remembering she had addressed Lucy.