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226Caroline smiled, %u201cA good idea. I might try it if all else fails.%u201d%u201cMore drinks, anyone?%u201d the Dean asked. They offered their glasses.He filled them up. %u201cI might suggest this is the last one as I have some bottles of champagne on ice upstairs, courtesy of Nancy.%u201d%u201cThis is more intriguing by the minute,%u201d John said. %u201cDoes it involve sex?%u201dCaroline moved from her seat to sit on John%u2019s lap. She snogged him, took his hand, and pushed it under her dress. %u201cLots of it dear John,%u201d she whispered as he felt around and started getting turned on. Caroline stood up and said, %u201cBut not yet.%u201d And she walked back to her chair.Nancy said, %u201cCaroline can be quite surprising, I discovered. She is not a Christian, that%u2019s for sure.%u201d%u201cHold on Nancy,%u201d Caroline said. %u201cThat%u2019s a bit unfair. I am the only person in this room who has genuinely died. Despite your beliefs, which I respect due to the person you are, I am the only one who knows the truth of our lives and reality.%u201d%u201cWhich is?%u201d Jennifer asked.%u201cNothing is real! Do what you wish. We, us, life are only strands of a higher, collective consciousness, probing and experiencing itself in all kinds of ways,%u201d Caroline said.%u201cWhy would this higher consciousness wish to do this?%u201d the Dean, a believer, asked her.%u201cTo relieve the boredom of being conscious, and because it is creative and compelled to create without thought of right or wrong, pain and joy. It learns things, emotions, through us, and it loves it; no act or feeling is more right or wrong than another.%u201dThey went quiet for moment before Caroline added, %u201cI love you. Nancy does, and the Dean. What will happen tonight is lovely but tinged with darkness. We will all enjoy it.%u201d%u201cGive me ten minutes, and then come to bed. Nancy, will you prepare them?%u201d Dean Fredrick said.Nancy nodded, kissed him, and then the Dean left the room.%u201cI have some flowers,%u201d Nancy said. She left and returned almost The Undertaker