"Although I suspect I'll have to be careful about lending John to any section; he seems to have a knack of leading almost anyone astray," she finished...off with a sly smile in my direction."I believe if we'd stuck to John and Jacob we'd have been fine ourselves, Mage Morgana," said a slightly blushing Roxanne. "The narcotic used was very potent and could be useful to us, assuming we can get hold of some." Yes, Johann Dippel was acknowledged as an expert on chemistry or alchemy as it was known. House arrest isn't so bad, you try to tell yourself. Your food is delivered to you on time, the TV and computer work, and for the most part, your needs are pretty much taken care of for you. At least you don't need to wear one of those garish ankle monitors. Still, the situation itself is an insult.Maybe you could've seen this coming, maybe not. You were never all that great at reading women, isolated as you were growing up. High school was a bit of a shock, and given your lack of. " Garret gave her a humorless smile as heproduced something wrapped in cloth. "Here it is." Then I have work to do, dear," Jessica answered, taking the clothwrapped item and gently escorting him to the door of her apartments. "Nowgo find something to do besides worrying, and I'll do what I can. I'lllet you know in a while about the results of my efforts."* * * *"Lady," Grindle gingerly approached the still tightly bound and gaggedform in the bed of the cart. "We aren't going to hurt you, we're. You don't deserve my pity ... or ANYONE'S. You deserve respect. And this way ... the way she set it up ... that's the first emotion I have toward you." Well," he said thoughtfully, " ... right after the emotion of scarin' the piss outta 'y."I gasped and fixed him with a stare that contained as much indignation as I could muster before we both burst into laughter. When I finally stopped, I protested "Billy, you can't tell ANYONE what I did, okay?" He rubbed the bottom of his face thoughtfully,.