" he replied.Toshi departed.***Though the rain had subsided as dusk fell, the dampness clung to theair, and made Toshi shiver. He had followed Aika ou... of the village,hoping to catch her before she returned to the farmhouses. All the otherboys his age had been with a girl... and he was stronger than most anyof them! Why wouldn't Aika have anything to do with him?Truth be told, she had never really notice Toshi, thought she had seenmany of the boys training together with him. But on this night,. I scrounged around in the refrigerator for something to eat and thought about some of the things we talked about at the warehouse. After pulling out everything I needed to make a sandwich, I went to my bedroom and got some paper and a pen to write down any questions I had about spell casting and the factions he told me about. By the time I finished eating I had a couple of pages worth of questions. So, I cleaned up my mess, put the notes in my backpack so I wouldn’t lose them and decided to go. "He smiled and nodded. "And a very nice ass it is, too. Now, what did you think?" I only looked at the first one," I admitted. "I just didn't feel right about looking at the others just yet. I think we need to get to know each other first. The first one looked like me, only sexier. I liked it." Oh, you're that sexy and more. With paint, I'll be able to capture that a lot more closely than with just a pencil."My fork slipped from my suddenly nerveless fingers and clattered on the plate. "You're. "Whoa. Whoa. Whoa," she said. "You're doing this for free. You fuckedthis up, you fix it."I let out another long annoying sigh, she still has the masculine 'hearwhat she wants to hear' thing going for her. And then an idea poppedinto my head. "I suppose I could write you up as a canvas volunteer." Ijust made the word up on the spot. "You know a person who volunteerstheir skin for a tattooist to learn on." Yeah, do that," she agreed a little too quickly."Okay, but you'll have to sign some.