Screaming the mist tried to avoid the cold and almost made it.“I would say it had been a good fight but you were rather easy,” Alan told the half ...rozen mist. “It’s a shame you have been the most original yet, oh well.” Stepping forward Alan brought a foot down on the frozen section of the mist effectively shattering it into thousands of pieces. Screaming the dark mage cursed at Alan then stopped as it died.Turning back to the first of the dark mages Alan got a curious grin on his face. The. “Since the alternative is cold cereal, I’ll eat there, too.”“General Mills will feel abashed. Well, you gave me a shopping list for Anne’s lunch. You can give me another for Alicia’s breakfast.”“Taking me for granted, are you?”“Well, since the actuality fell into my lap like manna from heaven, I’m not taking much for granted if I say that it’s a possibility,” he pointed out. “If I’d known it was, I would have made better preparations.”“You’re awfully flowery in your language first thing in the. That night we had our first kissand she said goodbye. I went back to my room to sleep it off.I spent the weekend worrying about what was going to happen. Would theguy across the hall be angry at me. How would I be able to live thatclose to a person that would hate me, and how could she come visit me inmy room with him across the hall. I told my friend what had happened andhe was mad at me. 'You don't steal another guy's girlfriend,' he said.Sunday night Linda called me when she got back. . Clegg came across and, after watching her for a moment - seemingly amused by her efforts, disentangled her from the net and then removed the oxygen set from her back. As Bethany spat the mouthpiece from between her lips she said, "What on earth is happening? What are you doing?" She turned and saw Petros, Stephanos and Andrea as well.Clegg looked apologetic. "No real time now to chat," he said. "It'll all become clear. Come on I'll show you." Bethany looked astonished at Clegg's matter of fact.