” Nothing I said or did could stop my hand from picking up the chalice. As my hand touched it I realized that it was made of real bone. I began to c...y as the chalice touched my lips and I cried harder as the blood of the demon pets flowed down my throat. It felt like I had just drank a cup of sulfuric acid, but the burning didn't stay in my throat. It felt like it was in my blood. It burned its way through my body as it moved through my veins. As this was happening a cloud of green glowing. When I felt the slack on the rope I frantically pulled at the noose allowing me to gulp in air through the gag with short, quick breaths. I sat gasping, leaning against the couch with my legs straight out on the floor, pulling on the rope tied around my neck, sucking in as much air as I could manage.When I knew I wasn't going to die of asphyxiation, I reached for the pillowcase. But one of the girls yanked my arm down and held my hand against the floor. Someone else stomped on it with the heel. 7"Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, Roger; and yes, we copied Eastern and we've already notified our caterers."One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold. Amara joined us, one arm around my waist as the other crossed Laura’s back, slowly rubbing her shoulder in a soothing motion. Laura buried her head in my chest. I didn’t mind her tears soaking into my shirt.I don’t know why but I decided to discover why she was upset the old-fashioned way, by talking. I thought to do otherwise would be not so much wrong, but insensitive or inconsiderate. She was vulnerable and obviously in need of physical human comfort. Sure, I could look into her mind and see.