damage. Deanna urged Kevin to his feet and
up the stairs to his room.
"Stay?" Kevin
said pleadingly, as she swiftly stripped his shirt and jeans
off.
"I intended
to." She wriggled out of her own clothes equally quickly.
By then, Lori
brought a couple of sandwiches, one of Kevin's home-made brownies
and a glass of juice—she said nothing, but the support and
reassurance and love she was radiating were clearer than words
could have been, between two telepaths. Kevin looked at the food
without appetite, but obediently ate, not really tasting it; his
rapid metabolism made it too dangerous to sleep without a start on
replacing what he'd just used. There was no way Deanna and Lori
would let him risk it, regardless of how little he wanted food
right now. Only once he'd finished it did Lori leave quietly with
the dishes.
Deanna curled
up with him in his bed, tucking the blankets around him,
automatically making sure that her somewhat cooler body was less
completely covered. He snuggled closer, resting his head on her
shoulder, still trembling.
"I hurt him
bad," he whispered. "And I attacked first."
"Shh. Go to
sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow." She stroked a hand lightly,
repeatedly, over his hair and down his back. "I know, Kev, I know,
but let it be for now, sleep."
Even with
Deanna's comfort, it took him a long time to fall asleep.
The
Quicksilver Sphynx
Miscellanea, November 1993
Nick 'Winter
Aha! The guilty party
has been found! Josh Neumann made that chocolate cake! He even gave
me the recipe, with permission to print it.
Lupe Ravenflight and
her partner Gwenna Merilon are offering to teach classes in pottery
and hand-weaving respectively over the winter to anyone interested,
and they're willing to divide it into beginner and advanced groups.
They'd like to get started soon, so give them a call.
Make sure you read
Trista 'Merrymoon's article on smith-magic on the front page. If
you find it as wonderful as I did, let us know, and maybe Trista
can be persuaded to do more for us.
There's a personal
peeve I really have to bring up. Over Samhain, I heard a hundred
references to Alessandria 'Starluck's seventh child being conceived
on Hallowe'en night. Not having been there two centuries ago, I
can't say for sure, but would people please think? Alessandria,
practically the founder of Haven, had six known children. Seven
makes a nice round magical number, sure, but really, folks—a wolf
as strong as Alessandria, bearing a daughter with the father
variably a demon, a faerie, a predator, or something unknown,
depending on which version you hear? A daughter no one knows
anything about? If someone can show me some reference to any child
but the six, from whom descend as we all know very nearly every
Haven wolf of today, I will gladly apologize publicly and print the
information. Until then, stop talking about it like it's history
and keep in mind that it's a legend! Despite the fact that we all
grow up hearing it, "Black wolf, demon wolf, Shadow in the night,
Wild heart, wild blood, Born and die to fight," does not count as
conclusive proof of anything , either, so
don't try throwing that at me.
I have been informed
by our local guitar-god Alex that his new band will be playing for
us on the solstice. They'll be at the school gym, and they'll be
playing off and on all night, including the sun-setting and
sun-rising. I guess not even they can play all the way through the
longest night of the year! The cafeteria will have lots and lots of
food (if you have something to offer, call Avery 'Prism), and the
library will be open as quiet space. Wild-sounding party in the
plans! Cari 'Dragonfire tells me Exotica are planning a Yule
Mystery play for us, combining elements of just about every
midwinter festival ever, it sounds like.
There's going to be a
dance at the school on the full moon (the 29th) at 7 pm. Usual
school dance rules: preferably students Grade Nine and up,
up the stairs to his room.
"Stay?" Kevin
said pleadingly, as she swiftly stripped his shirt and jeans
off.
"I intended
to." She wriggled out of her own clothes equally quickly.
By then, Lori
brought a couple of sandwiches, one of Kevin's home-made brownies
and a glass of juice—she said nothing, but the support and
reassurance and love she was radiating were clearer than words
could have been, between two telepaths. Kevin looked at the food
without appetite, but obediently ate, not really tasting it; his
rapid metabolism made it too dangerous to sleep without a start on
replacing what he'd just used. There was no way Deanna and Lori
would let him risk it, regardless of how little he wanted food
right now. Only once he'd finished it did Lori leave quietly with
the dishes.
Deanna curled
up with him in his bed, tucking the blankets around him,
automatically making sure that her somewhat cooler body was less
completely covered. He snuggled closer, resting his head on her
shoulder, still trembling.
"I hurt him
bad," he whispered. "And I attacked first."
"Shh. Go to
sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow." She stroked a hand lightly,
repeatedly, over his hair and down his back. "I know, Kev, I know,
but let it be for now, sleep."
Even with
Deanna's comfort, it took him a long time to fall asleep.
The
Quicksilver Sphynx
Miscellanea, November 1993
Nick 'Winter
Aha! The guilty party
has been found! Josh Neumann made that chocolate cake! He even gave
me the recipe, with permission to print it.
Lupe Ravenflight and
her partner Gwenna Merilon are offering to teach classes in pottery
and hand-weaving respectively over the winter to anyone interested,
and they're willing to divide it into beginner and advanced groups.
They'd like to get started soon, so give them a call.
Make sure you read
Trista 'Merrymoon's article on smith-magic on the front page. If
you find it as wonderful as I did, let us know, and maybe Trista
can be persuaded to do more for us.
There's a personal
peeve I really have to bring up. Over Samhain, I heard a hundred
references to Alessandria 'Starluck's seventh child being conceived
on Hallowe'en night. Not having been there two centuries ago, I
can't say for sure, but would people please think? Alessandria,
practically the founder of Haven, had six known children. Seven
makes a nice round magical number, sure, but really, folks—a wolf
as strong as Alessandria, bearing a daughter with the father
variably a demon, a faerie, a predator, or something unknown,
depending on which version you hear? A daughter no one knows
anything about? If someone can show me some reference to any child
but the six, from whom descend as we all know very nearly every
Haven wolf of today, I will gladly apologize publicly and print the
information. Until then, stop talking about it like it's history
and keep in mind that it's a legend! Despite the fact that we all
grow up hearing it, "Black wolf, demon wolf, Shadow in the night,
Wild heart, wild blood, Born and die to fight," does not count as
conclusive proof of anything , either, so
don't try throwing that at me.
I have been informed
by our local guitar-god Alex that his new band will be playing for
us on the solstice. They'll be at the school gym, and they'll be
playing off and on all night, including the sun-setting and
sun-rising. I guess not even they can play all the way through the
longest night of the year! The cafeteria will have lots and lots of
food (if you have something to offer, call Avery 'Prism), and the
library will be open as quiet space. Wild-sounding party in the
plans! Cari 'Dragonfire tells me Exotica are planning a Yule
Mystery play for us, combining elements of just about every
midwinter festival ever, it sounds like.
There's going to be a
dance at the school on the full moon (the 29th) at 7 pm. Usual
school dance rules: preferably students Grade Nine and up,
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