"I told you, man," Priestly said, leading the way into the spa. "There's no such thing as a city in America that doesn't have at least one sauna. It's basically a rule." He flipped over the little pamphlet. "This one apparently does infrared." He frowned a little at the slightly silly list of purported health benefits -- wound healing? really? -- ( Read more... )

"Jaime," Priestly said, jaw clenched. "J-A-I-M-E. Reyes." He rolled his eyes. "R-E-Y-E-S. I want to know why he's not here! He was scheduled on a portal -- yes. I don't have his universe identifier, those things are -- He was supposed to be here three hours ago. How the hell am I supposed to know if his universe has a time delay in effect? ( Read more... )