Climbing the steps and reaching the stoop, Lilith turned and offered her hand to Lyranda for assistance.  Reaching out, the druid took the woman's hand, suddenly Lilith felt as if all the powers of the universe had entered her body.  The overwhelming sensations caused her knees to slightly buckle and her head to swim as if she had drank too much wine.  "Are you alright?", asked Lyranda, "are you ill?"  Regaining her composure, Lilith replied, "I'm fine, the stoop is narrow and I momentarily lost my balance.  Please be careful when you reach here." "I shall," the druid smiled, "thank you."

Upon entering the wagon, Lyranda was amazed... soft pillows filled the floor, but looking around, the wagon seemed void of anything else.  "I thought you said you brought supplies," She questioned, "yet I see none, where are they?"  Oh, they're here, in the sideboards," Lilith replied, "remember, as I told you, we mages are able to conform time, space and matter to suit our needs.  I use what is called dimensional transcendentation to make the objects smaller and the interior storage area larger."  "How does it work?", Lyranda asked.  "It would take me years to describe the details," Lilith responded, "and as I have said, my abilities to do this are limited, but again, the more I use this knowledge, the more powerful it becomes." "Now, let us change into something a bit more comfortable and suited for sleep," Lilith continued and with a snap of her fingers, both women's garments were replaced with silken nightwear.

As the two lay upon the pillows, they once again told each other of their skills, cultures and each other.  Soon, it appeared as if both had fallen asleep.  However, Lilith could not shake the experience on the stoop.  Sitting up, she began to reach out to touch Lyranda once again.  The closer her touch came to the druid, the stronger the sensations became.  Lilith felt overcome with emotion... but to her shock, the most powerful were love and desire.  Jerking back her hand, Lilith sat for what seemed an eternity, pondering what had just happened.  Thinking to herself, Lilith's mind began to race, "what's happening to me?  Why do I find this woman so beautiful and desirable?  I want to hold her, kiss her, love her... but I shouldn't feel this way!  It's not natural... I should only feel this with a man according to what I've been led to believe.  Yet, I feel more for her than I ever felt for anybody.  It's not a spell, I would know that... it's me, oh gods... it's me! What have I become?"

As the thoughts raced through Lilith's mind, her fears, uncertainties and overbearing shame, began to surface... ... ... and as she sat there staring at the woman sleeping before her, she began to cry.

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