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as everyone focused on their research. I picked up my trusty pipe and smoked it as I sat back in my chair. The bottom of my feet stung with pain, that one spot in my back burned with agony and my right index finger was almost numb. The grandfather clock was the only thing in the room that moved, it swayed in perfect rhythm and sound. Each click putting me closer and closer to sleep.
       "Okay okay, I got one. What did the female hippo say about the male hippo that called her fat?" She said looking over at me and Jinn with a geekish smile. After losing expectation for us to answer, she finished: "He was too hippo-critical!" She ended with a small chuckle to herself. Carrying a book, she walked over and joined us at the table. "You two sure are serious today."
    "Yeah well, its not something you would understand entirely." Jinn said shortly.
       I could feel the hair on the back of my head crawl, those are words that you shouldn't say to a lass.
       Even I know that.
       Sonia took it surprisingly well, or so it may seem, she closed the book she was reading and rested her hand gently on top of it. "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?" She said in a soft tone. Soft, but in reality It may have been a dagger taking a plunge into your spine.
       Jinn was still buried in his book, out of sight from my warning stare to desist. "Well, simple, you were born of royalty. You don't know the hardships people go through to put food on the table for their kids and what orphans have to do to stay alive." Jinn said resting his arms and looking up at the ceiling, "its lonely. Not having a parent home when its your birthday. Yet, you can't blame them, they are working to feed you."
       "Well... I..." Sonia said, trying to cover her face with the book.
       "Jinn! Your problems are no bigger nor smaller than any other. Everyone suffers from their own problems equally." I said interrupting her, "You have no right to compare that, it is just purely ignorant. He didn't mean that... It better be the demon in him talking."
       Sonia remained silent, she was able to show her face again although a bit red.
       "About that..." Sonia said looking at me, "What did you do?"
       "What? The demon?" I responded, "it was my first case actually. I received a tip that there was a boy that was suffering and displaying strange power. They kept it quiet due to the fear of him being a wizard and being killed. So i decided to look into it and see if I could've helped him."
"Yeah I know, it was my aunt, Sam, that told you to save
    him." Sonia said smiling.
       "Wait what?" I said sitting up, I pulled the pipe out of my mouth as I spoke: "Your mom, the wife of the leader of the crusade against wizards, is sisters with a magic dwelling gypsy? How the fuck does that work? Seems like a total dysfunctional family."
       "Secrets are our forte." She said smiling again wickedly.
       There was a deafening silence, like the calm before the storm, my ears rang as the front door blew up into small pieces and flew across the room followed by a shockwave pushing through the room. I saw the wave coming, but I couldn't do anything, it hit me throwing me back into my chair, Sonia screamed while the papers fluttered above us. In the midst of the dust settling across the room, a man stepped out from behind what was left of the door. "Good evening.. I would like to enlist your help.” the man said, it was the wizard I saw at the barracks. He continued: "You see, my cat is stuck in a tree..."  
       He entered the lab, his torn black robes dragging along the floor. He walked slowly, laughing so loudly it bounced off the walls. Standing still, he looked at all three of us with a grin. His teeth green and filled with all sorts of nasty. Taking a little spin, he dissolved into a black swarm of smoke that rotated like a tornado ripping through the room around the edges stopping in front of Jinn, standing over him. I was still trying to recover from the