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call me Wilson, Master)
    So much for that plan.
    Maybe I’m just jumping to conclusions… or maybe this is a situation that calls for crying in the fetal position while hugging a volleyball. I lie down on my bed and stare up at the ceiling for a little while. I guess that my relationship with Cheza is over; not all that surprising considering that it has been over a year. It’s not like I can even get angry with her; after all, I am the one who told her that I wanted her to be with someone else. It’s my fault that things are like this, but I never expected that I would come back from an explosion… Wait a second, how did I come back? My body was destroyed and yet here I am, living and breathing. A knock at my door interrupts my thoughts.
    “ Cole? Are you alright?” Naia quietly asks as she enters my room.
    “ Hey Naia… yeah, I’m fine… just thinking, that’s all.” I respond.
    “ Something tells me that you are not telling me the truth…” Naia says as she sits down next to me on my bed.
    “ Things are just a bit different now that I’ve come back.” I reply.
    Naia doesn’t say anything in response, she just sits there with me. After about five minutes, I decide that we should go get lunch so I start to get up.
    “ AHMM!” Naia moans loudly.
    “ WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?” I shout as I see that her tail is underneath my hand. I grasp her tail and stroke it gently.
    “ MMM!” Naia moans in response with her mouth closed. Well this is interesting.
    “ Cole… can you please… release… my tail?” Naia begs while breathing heavily with tears in the corners of her eyes.
    “ Oh, umm, yeah… let’s go get some lunch!” I exclaim awkwardly.
    We exit my room and walk to the kitchen where Tia and Sara are sitting at the table, looking displeased with me. I look over to find that Naia’s face is red and she is still breathing heavily, as an added plus.
    “ Cole… we understand that you must be upset… but that doesn’t mean you can just jump into bed with the nearest girl.” Sara says with a motherly tone.
    “ No, you’ve got it all wrong; we weren’t doing anything like that. Tell them Naia.” I reply.
    “ Well Cole and I were on his bed; he took advantage of his position, and caused me to feel good.” Naia explains.
    “ COLE!” Sara and Tia yell simultaneously.
    “ I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU! TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN THAT CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT SHE IS!” Tia screams while standing up to slap me.
    “ Whoa, all I did was grab her tail by accident when I was sitting up!” I defend.
    “ Yes, and it felt good…” Naia says quietly.
    “ Well alright then. So I think I have an idea as to what Naia is. Based on your description and her appearance, I’d say that she’s a jinni; however, her color is unlike any jinn I’ve ever heard of. The Marid water jinn are blue in color, the Ifrit fire jinn are red in color, and the ghoul shape-shifting jinn are a grey-ish green in color, but there aren’t any races of jinn that are purple.” Sara explains.
    “ Well, why don’t I just take her to the jinn… homeworld? And see if anyone recognizes her.” I suggest.
    “ No, you can’t do that because nobody knows where the jinn world is.” Sara says.
    Something isn’t right here; there is no way that her mother, Saraswati, wouldn’t know where the jinn world is.
    (I feel threatened)
    “ Don’t worry Airi; just because there is a jinni in the house, doesn’t mean that you have been replaced as my Genie!”
    (Damn straight! So long as you do not forget to whom you belong… Master)
    When we are finished with lunch, Sara catches my attention and motions to her room. I follow her while Tia leads Naia to the couch and shows her the wonders of television.
    “ You can’t take Naia to the jinn world.” Sara says after I shut her bedroom door.
    “ What? Why?” I ask.
    “ All accounts say that the jinn are a very prideful and arrogant people and that their social structure is