I utterly forgot the pen the lighter, and the gun still in my backpack. xxx18 Gwen ground the muzzle of her pistol into Neil’s ear, as she screamed at him to wake up. Standing my ground in the middle of the men’s room floor, I stabbed into his exposed gut with my left hand, then my right. He was experimenting with transferring physical, even athletic skills, as well as mental ones.”
Made sense. Before I could really begin to process what just happened, the cavalry arrived. Now that she had Neil’s undivided attention, Gwen paused breathing deeply. I smoothly pivoted to the right with my right hand driving into Neil’s right side just under the ribs. Never again, do you understand?”
Neil was quicker this time. She smiled ruefully at me, saying sympathetically, “A month — no,
