The silicon in the bikini top gave me a little more buoyancy that normal so I was making some progress. My wife was over the other side swimming lengt...s.I suddenly became aware that I was not alone and Alan and his wife Ann had arrived. “Very fetching” was his comment, she just laughed. “What are you doing?” I said “Well I always wanted to try wearing a bikini to see what it felt like, and this seemed to be as good an opportunity as I’d get.” “And?” she said. “Well its different – I quite like. I really can't tell you more about what we're learning though I will say this the whisper I keep hearing is human pirates. That's right, human pirates. In the face of the Sa'arm we still have fools who would prey on other humans. However that does blow out of the water some of our candid conversations about when things will occur. We'll also be instituting encrypted communication for things like weapons. No need to give the stupid fucks who can't figure out that we should at least band together. But as time continued to pass, these beings continued to exist with us. Watching. Waiting. Slowly but surely, a sense of normalcy returned. People began to grow accustomed to these silent beings as work began to resume, schools opened their doors once more, and wars continued to be fought.It started as whispers at first. These 'Shadows' as they were referred to, would grant 'deals' and almost godlike power that enabled people to manipulate the world in such a way that could make the impossible. Dawrf and elf, human and gnome, halfling and orc, all were beautiful to Him. And He watched over them all as if they were His own children.And the Elven Council, they protected Arcanum from the evils which infested it. And many were sent to the Void, banished from this place for their Crimes.Mighty Gorgoth, whose hunger was only satiated in the emptiness of the VoidKraka-Tur, whose heart was dark and fearful, but whose fury was only quenched in the blackness of the Void.The Bane of Kree, whose.