Ptricia rose, stretched, and shifted back to humanoid form. "Says who? I once put together a scheme that took three centuries to complete, but the payoff was so worth it. You should have seen the look on his face..." Therre followed a description of a massively involuted plot that spanned several continents, several hundred people, several improbable mystical artefacts, and a feather duster.<br/><br/>"... and _that's_ why the Bald Eagle is the creature on the seal of the US and why the Statue of Liberty holds the torch in her left hand. Everybody blamed it on the Illuminati, of course."<br/><br/>(OOC: Sorry, will have limited acccess to the internet until this weekend. My desktop's broadband connection is down, and my laptop is being fixed.)