'' this is very stressful for me , all this concentrating and worrying and knee bending and leaning and whatnot . i need a break . '' '' okay . sure . '' brody smiled . '' last time down , then . and , yes , you can hold my pole . '' without thinking , her eyebrows shot up . did he have any idea how much she 'd like to hold his pole

this time , a warlock with a head wound was being inspected by adele , who only gave us the briefest of nods . '' all done , zane , '' adele announced after she slapped some healing ointment on the warlock 's head . '' you just need to stay out of trouble from now on . '' zane smiled , showing us that he was missing a few teeth . '' hey , i never look for the trouble

the grassy area immediately off the patio contained , of all things , a koi pond . beyond the fish , rigid rows of shrubs flanked an olympic-length pool that reached all the way to a seawall , boat dock , yacht and what looked like two hundred feet of waterfront . '' we 're going to have to keep rhett away from all that water

'' well , you have a keen eye and i 'm happy to see that you have been paying attention in my class . it looks like quartz to me , but let 's check the specific gravity and hardness to be certain . '' matt watched as mr. swartz carefully weighed the sample and measured its displacement in water . then he scratch tested it to determine the hardness . '' alright , with a specific gravity of 2.62 , and hardness of 7 , it 's definitely
quartz