<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cdc1/04s7432n614occi4g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Chloe Dawson<br/>  ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾  </span></span></div></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  Kimmie decides against the chicken … hmmm, why? … she seems focused inside so I don’t ask … roll over in my mind as I methodically chew my meal what we have here … my own situation is understood … our threat is not … Tangie will land on her feet … Ulla is dependable … Carlotta will do as she will … a gnawing memory …<br/><br/>… oh, shadow … The Shadow … casting a shadow … open a gentle Insight request to Huguette … she comes back and accepts a moment later … and Kimmie is with her and now us … ‘Huguette, can Kimmie cast her shadow?’ … need to explain that to Kimmie … a few sisters over time – Isis was and will be one of those – can cast an image of themselves into the minds of others … I was tested and cannot … yet Kimmie is a different talent … so perhaps she can … the great ones can create images other than themselves in the minds of more than one other … Isis could and will again … Huguette puts it on the agenda … notes that the time in Kimmie’s training may be soon or may be many moons away … such a talent rides the waves of Tiamat … chaos and the birth of reason …<br/><br/>… withdraw and allow Kimmie and Huguette their time … think back to my own with our late sister Rebecca … what a woman! … her wisdom and insights into culture and politics remain … and she taught me <abbr title="Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War">Master Sun</abbr> … valuable on the playground in Middle School and after … and so today her lessons remain when it falls on me to organize the women of the world into a fighting force that none can withstand …<br/><br/>… finish my entrée and wait to see what will be presented for dessert … hopefully … yes! … pears and apples with cheeses! … accept a cup of espresso … Huguette and I will be up late and just a bit of stimulant will support me … my hybrid Insight and Foresight checks on Carlotta … set an alert for tomorrow to use their facilities to call Mother … she is not worried yet we are seldom out of touch for this long … look in on her .. yes, asleep … we do not use Insight with each other though I will ask her if she wishes to change that … it is the key to our organization … women around the world will learn in time that they too are women of power with an arsenal of inner strength and sisters they can trust …<br/><br/>… eat lots of fruit and taste the cheeses … the espresso is very good … time for our meal to end …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Sisters, thank you for being here. Does anyone need anything to make it through the night?”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  gentle smiles declining any need … rise … take Kimmie’s hand and return to our rooms …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">  “Are you okay Kimmie? I have so much to do and I feel like I’m putting you off to last. I’m sorry, Kimmie.”</span></span><br/>