"The Huntress and the Champion"<br/><br/>Arriving at the restaurant, Archie was very impressed.  Dion's was a beautiful restaurant, in an 'old world' style with beautiful marble floor and bronze accents all about.  Then he and Mr. Panagakos went to the elevator at the back of the restaurant and took it down to the lounge.<div class="bbm_float fright" style="float:right;margin:0 0 5px 10px">
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</div>The lounge was illuminated as if the sun had just set and lamps and candles had just been lit.  The ceiling appeared as if the first stars were just starting to become visible.  It was beautiful.  Then Archie's eyes adjusted and he saw the buffet table that had been set.  There were different salads, appetizers, meat and vegetable dishes, all of it apparently in Greek style.  It was incredible and Archie was glad that he'd followed Mr. Panagakos' advice about not eating much before the banquet.  Archie had been the champion of the Artemis Games for the last five years, but even his sponsor, Mr. Panagakos, had never celebrated his winning with such a feast!<br/><br/>A vital looking, middle aged man comes from behind the bar with a goblet in his hands.  He qppears even more typically Greek than my sponsor.  There's a strange and intoxicating look in his as he hands the goblet to Archie and says, "Welcome to my Lounge, Champion."  Archie realized that this must be Dion and thanked him profusely for everything that had been done in creating this feast.  Dion shrugged as if it were nothing and told Archie that it was a pleasure to see a young man who excelled so much in the old ways.<br/><br/>For the next twenty minutes or so, Archie and Mr. Panagakos get introduced to a number of men and women, almost all of them possessing that same vitality that Archie noticed in Dion.  It was strangely gratifying and inspiring.<br/><br/>Then Archie began to notice the absolutely lovely woman that kept looking at him.  She was in no way a teenager, yet there was a strange and electrifying purity about her....<br/><br/>(To be continued)