..”We went to class, just like normal, well, ‘normal’ for us. I hung around waiting for Deena to get out of class. We went home, checked out som... meat we’d left in the fridge to thaw, and then started putting together a meal. When Bill got home, I kissed him long and hard because I miss him. I noted that Deena’s kiss involved a hug that might be a little past ‘hi, Daddy’.Two weeks into this, nudity starts after showers.I’m sitting on the sofa, Bill’s in his recliner. Deena comes in with her. ‘He has followed your orders to the letter, Mistress, and fortified the camp with newly erected walls. Several magi aided in its construction, and they are well-equipped to withstand any form of action from the Coalition of the Five-Kingdoms. The full force of our troops, minus those with us here on our quest, are arrayed just beyond the plain of Callisi, and stand poised to launch their assault upon Caliban city as soon as we return with the Ultiplex.’ ‘Excellent,’ Aeva remarked. ‘It occurs to. But Maude paused to consider none of this, instead ascending the staircase to the second floor, effortlessly finding the bathroom haunted by Moaning Myrtle. Maude slipped inside a bathroom stall and closed the door just as the Asturias portion began to wear off. She stood in silence, listening to the sounds of students moving through the hall as she watched her form gradually resume visibility.The strange odors of the rarely-used bathroom assailed Maude's nostrils, dank smells of things that. So when I told him you wanted his help to contact your sister, he knew ... and then we knew ... something was seriously wrong." She's ... she's dead, isn't she?" I asked miserably.Her eyes sad, she nodded. "I'm so sorry, Mark."She looked at the heart monitor again, and I could see her heave a sigh of relief. The siren was steadily becoming slower, sounding again like an annoying flow of discrete beeps."Thank God," she breathed. I was surprised at the apparent depth of her feelings."Debbie ....