sorcerers in disguise!”

Shaun retorted, “Yes, greeters sound good. Can you
imagine how brave Carlos must have been? To study alone
with his teachers--in these mystical teachings? Somehow it
feels safer in a group!”

“True, but I notice that no matter how large the
group, when I get physically close to Rama I come unglued.
I feel like a teenage girl with a crush, except that there
is this reaction in my gut, and my heart pounds rapidly. I
think it is raw fear. I don’t think I should feel that way
about my teacher.” I stopped talking and watched the
clouds blow through the desert skies.