All persons mentioned are completely fictional and in no way represent any 'real' person. Zuleica and Ramon decided her sisters should all be present and hear what was said. The cross-quarter guardians, who were all male, were left to do double duty as it were. They would be informed by their female counterparts when they returned. After seeing them all together, Katherine wondered why Ramon should have this obsession with her when these of his own kind were so beautiful...if not a tad strange. His answer was, "If you really knew them all, you'd know why. Zuleica's the most agreeable, oddly enough, but even she is sometimes unpredictable. The rest of them are crazy, each in their own way, especially Zaera. We don't hold it against her though because she is deranged from where she must stay. She is subject to all manner of radiations and energies there. Zoila too but not so much as Zaera. Zoila is a real man-eater. Zenya is sweet but in a dangrous way. She'll make you forget your name and the way home," he chuckled. "What do you mean it is odd enough that Zuleica is the most agreeable? Since she is to be my guardian, I'd like to know." "Let us say she is the most 'martial' of the four of them. She's the one with the killer instinct. She won't harm you though. She never has. She likes you...for a human. They are all strange ones. No thank you. You are more my type - usually. Sometimes not, but that is only when you are a man." "I was wondering about that." "I know. Still we are friends when you are a male." Ramon took her hand. "What do you know about this man Rashid al-Din?" "His real name is Rashid bin Haman. He comes from a very wealthy family but there are many sons. He is like the tenth son and not of the first wife. I'm not sure what happened, but the family lost all their money. I hear rumors of gambling debts and bad investments, which seems strange, but...who knows. Rashid divorced himself from this family. He calls himself a dai and claims he is directly descended from Fatima," Katherine shrugged. "Again, who knows?" "I can have Martyn look into the family financial history. He is expert with these things. Anything else?" "Not really. He keeps a very low profile, this man." "Alright - after you, my dear." ***** The sisters are all the same morph with different skins, eyes and hair. I did the hair colors for Kouros (purple) and Ice Dove (green). They don't come that way ;) Jim that strange sculpture on the wall in "Dinner for Two" is a freebie that I got at RNDA. It's called 'Technophilia'. I have used it as a transporter previously. I think it's a cool sculpture. You all have a wonderful Friday and Memorial Day weekend if we don't see you again until next week. Thank you so much for your own inspiring art, your comments, favs and just stopping by! Cheers! Ray