His head was back and his arms lay at his side. He started to snore. I couldn’t have planned it better. ‘Suzy, now it is your turn.’ I walked ov...r to her and put my hands on her forehead as I had with Charlie. ‘Let your whole body relax. Every muscle.’ I kept that up for several minutes and watched her breathing slow and her body relax. I lifted and dropped her arms and that didn’t seem to bother her or elicit a reaction. I got bolder. ‘Suzy, remain in a deep trance and stand up.’ She did.. When Clint looked her way, she mouthed the words, ‘THANK YOU.’ The look he gave back almost took her breath. His eyes seemed to be able to touch her, because every part of her body tingled in response, which, evidently, he knew. He grinned widely and winked at her. That wink helped to reaffirm her decision to avoid men like Clinton Davis. Mentally, she told herself, he doesn’t affect me. Too bad her body wasn’t on the same page as her mind. Quickly, she made her way to her desk. Once she was. He retreated, focusing on quick defenses and circling steps, much like Caine had earlier. With an effort of profound will, he forced his own body to move.Looking like a foggy ghost to everyone in the Ways, the Old Man’s corpse lurched to its feet and began staggering forward, dragging its saber behind it. It was imprecise and took a surprising amount of effort, like controlling a heavy puppet. There was no way the Young Man could have animated his dead body and continued to fight at the same. It didn’t matter. It was happening. Tonight.We spent most of the day getting ready. As I was in the shower and she was at the sink, I asked “What should I wear?”“Something hot,” she said. “And easy to get out of,” she added after a few seconds.I smiled a giddy smile to myself in the shower.In the end, I did my hair in a half ponytail, put on a little makeup (primarily around my eyes like mascara and eye shadow), painted my nails white, put on tiny faux diamond earrings, and wore a.