Vera "Doland! I swear to the Goddess if you're in the hen house again!" I growled as I stormed across the garden of our humble farm, seeing the clouds of dust and the sound of something running amuck coming from the wood structure. I could hear the hens panicking, picking up the pace and throwing open the door. The scene before me made me stop dead in my tracks. There was an enormous hole in the roof; one side of my hen's nesting shelves was destroyed, and the hens all huddled in a corner. A large naked man was unconscious in the middle of the room. "Mumma!" Dolan smiled brightly at me in greeting, turning side on between us. I stepped forward, snatching the stick he was using to poke the poor man, faltering when I saw the symbol on the man's right shoulder blade. I grabbed Dolan,