Kennedy snorted. "Right! Sure! Spells and all!"Harriet giggled. "Hey, I never said I believed in all that! I just know what it is. A lot of girls like...it because they're told they are big, nasty and all-powerful -- even if they aren't. A lot of them go to Faire." Yeah, all that. She and I aren't getting along." It's just a few more hours, Kennedy. They told us we could pick who we slept with at camp; I picked you. You said you picked me."Kennedy looked up at Harriet, a clever rejoinder on her. "We flew back to the ruins of the temple, and Dr. Felis set things up,saying "No soldiers this time, it offends her, apparently. And I've gotsome fruit, meat, and some gold and silver as gifts to the goddess." Okay. Carl, you wait here, and we'll be back with the men hopefully." You sure you dont want me to come?" I'm not taking the chance. For all I know, we'll all be alley cats bymorning."He kissed me fiercely, and then said, "You come back, hear?" Gonna do my best."He turned to Dr. Felis and. Phillip said that you were completing a PhD., but I didn’t get much more in the way of details.”She smiled, an indication that she was enjoying her PhD. work, something not shared by all candidates.“My degree will be in French 17th Century history, specifically about the court of Louis XIV and the life of the royal courtiers living at Versailles, at the time.”I nodded at her.“Hasn’t that ground been covered in great detail, already?” I pointed out.“Oh, yes, of course. But I have a unique. ..”Tina giggled. “Maybe our next visit will be sane, Mister Bill.” She kissed him on the cheek, and then when Sharon popped into range, tagged her, too. “Mizz Sharon...”“Please, Tina. Just ‘Sharon’, okay, sweetie?” Sharon smiled.“Okay, Sharon, tell Billy and Bridget that I’m sorry they were in school today and we didn’t get to say ‘bye’. But we’ll be back.”Sharon smiled. “Oh, I know, Tina. They’ll be sad that they missed this.” She sighed. “I need to get back to school myself. I so much enjoyed.