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And therefore... Banshee! ^_____^












BFB – Part 103 – Crazy is as Crazy Does




I won’t belabor the rest of our time with Ctik’s family. We finished up about 1800 their time. Cathy took 20 minutes to nest Miles’ belongings into the six boxes that Michael found somewhere. It was a fascinating process to watch. She had us pull everything out of the closet section and divide it into six equal piles on the floor, then she began to shrink the piles.

“I’m not quite as good as some,” she said with a sigh. “One of the interns could probably nest everything here into a single box, but I know my limits.”

“No problem,” said Karl. “I’m sure we can stuff these into the van. Do you just shrink everything, or is there more to it?”

“There’s more, but it gets rather technical and if you don’t have some basic magical knowledge it doesn’t make a lot of sense. It involves high pressure and a vacuum and some physics, according to Emil.” She smirked in his direction. “If you’ll be here when we pack the house, I’ll be sure to assign him; I know he could bore you to tears.”

“I’ll make a point of it. I’m an engineer, so I might be able to follow him.”

I wasn’t really eavesdropping; they were just close enough to hear. And I recognized a tone of flirting in both their voices. I blinked. It felt… weird. Almost voyeuristic.

“Really?” purred Cathy. “How interesting. My family has had several engineers. My brother Trowa is a genius with internal combustion engines.”

“I’m a mechanical engineer by training and trade; I’d love to meet him sometime.”

Okay; time for me to get lost. My ears were turning red; I could feel the heat. Icky.

I skipped down the stairs to join Zuma and Beren.

“Cathy’s almost done. Beren, can I get a copy of your inventory when it’s ready? I want to go over it with Ctik and explain some of my ideas.”

“I can send a copy of the rough to you right now,” he offered. “Cathy will send the prettied-up up report tomorrow.”

“That’ll be good.” I gave him my email and a moment later he said, “All sent.”

I wanted to do some massaging of data myself when we got back to the office. It would keep my mind off when Heero would be back.

Zuma waggled his fingers at me. “Duo, print out a copy when we get home and Enrique and I can give it to Ctik tonight. It’ll give him time to think of any questions or concerns.”

“Oh, Sap! Thanks!” I made a note to myself. Dammit, I had too many things going on to keep track of them all!

“Yeah,” he grinned, “I don’t think you want to make Heero be sociable tonight. He’d probably eat someone just on principle.” He spotted Karl carrying a box down the stairs and moved to assist. “I can get the rest for you.”

“Thanks, but the boys will bring them down. They’re still scooping their jaws off the floor,” he laughed. “And I swear Breeze is trying to figure out how to turn a nesting into a closet that lives in a dresser drawer.”

Beren laughed. “I won’t tell her, but it’s been done a few places. It’s an expensive piece of magic to maintain, though. I’ve never seen the point, but rich folk…” He shrugged.

Karl nudged the box. “Do you folks do regular moves? Without the nesting?”

“Oh, sure. This is a special deal because Trowa and Duo work together.” He grinned at me; I had not realized that I – and by extension Ctik – were getting the family discount. Yay nepotism. “The nesting service is usually about 30% higher, but we do a lot of regular moves for non-Magical Humans. It’s our Clan business.”

“And your location…?”

“Mmmm… Not far from Four Corners; do you know the area?”

“I’m in Wyoming right now, so yeah. Spent a summer as an undergrad at the Anasazi site.”

“Then you know Claw Point.”

“Oh yeah! There’s a diner kind of place there…”

“Best burgers in a hundred klics,” Beren nodded.

I looked over at Inazuma; he looked at me and winked. I snickered. Was that flirting upstairs not just a bit of idle play? Would Trowa have to sharpen his claws?


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