”NO WAY! I was stunned silent.Describing my old roomie including the ring of interlocking skulls tattooed around his neck, but adding a green hue an... not forgetting his shrill voice I inquired if that was its Boss. Since all my scars healed I expected his had also.“Ya. Dat Boss Skank.” He agreed. I gave my captive more of the spiked ale.I am going to soo kick his ass. “Does he have orcs?” ‘Ya. Many orc.’ I held up two hands open. “This many?” he shook his head no. “Finger and toe.” He only had. .almost as if it wasn’t a dream at all. But when he opened his eyes after the not-dream, he was possessed of a new...knowledge. A knowledge he was entirely confident in, even if that itself was hard to believe.As he reached the end of the cellar stairs, the normal damp-cellar-with-an-oil-furnace smells were joined by something, by a fragrance, subtle but definite. He turned his head to the left, where he he knew they would be.They were.Two females, one smaller than the other. Both standing,. You just don't want to talk about it. That's ok; I'll be here if you ever do. Son, there is very little about you and Megan I don't know. Richard, the agent I stopped from harassing you years ago, was very good at extracting knowledge from you without you knowing about it. Besides, I'm no slouch myself. Don't worry, Son; your Mom and I will always love you guys, no matter who you are. So, I'm sure this is not why you called me; what can I do for you?" I could have sworn I heard Dad chuckle; he. ”“Yes. I have it circled on the calendar. Half a Piper Cub for a birthday present?”“That’d work. What else would you give me?”“I dunno. Half an airplane’s pretty significant.”“I want more.”“Jewelry?”“I’m not a ‘jewelry’ kind of girl,” I said. “I see women with all these rings. I think ‘nahhhhh’.”“What about when you’re married?”“I think when that happens my mate will know what I want...”“A rock that looks like a refugee from the ice-maker?”“Yeahhhhh, uh, no.”“Wedding in the big church downtown,.