Qiao said a salient prayer to Lathander as she saw General Grodan approaching. “Himo,” she said to the wood elf who sat cross-legged among the gro...p of soldiers, sword for hires and adventurers. Himo had a way of being able to meditate almost anywhere and frequently waited until the last possible moment to rouse herself from her peaceful practice. Qiao did not want the General to think they were taking this less than seriously, and that was hard enough with Malark strumming on his lute.Himo. "Did I say something wrong?" And which one of us was throwing around pet names and pinching bottoms? She patted my hand . "No, no. I just think maybe I gave you the wrong impression." She looked down at her feet, which were encased in those garish multicolored socks that girls seemed to think were so cute. "I've already found the closest thing to a life partner that our kind can really hope for. As have you. I know you'd like the two of us to be closer, and I might have given the impression. And I hadnever wanted Pete to find me sexually desirable. My Stepmother had causedme so much trouble by spreading that garbage claim to everyone she spokewith. When I tried to yell at Reginald for having the surgeons give mebreast implants I just couldn't, I felt too weak. I wondered where myStepmother was, I knew she was on vacation, but I thought she would findout I was in the hospital and come to visit me.I was practically half asleep but I heard Reginald say to me, "I don'tunderstand you,. In the light, I was getting even more confused by the woman’s appearance. She appeared to be glowing. It was as if her face, figure, and complexion kept changing. But I felt a strange feeling of ecstasy as I stared at her.P: Are you an angel here to take me to hell?M: Oh, honey. Heaven, hell, God, Devil are all human concepts. I am a Succubus.P: Are you here to take my life?M: Hey, I don’t feed off of your life if that’s what you mean. No one who ever came here listens to me. They run away at.