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Travis Dix took the stage with his band, and the audience cheered In ahit, "Stomp My Heart and Shave

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But now I've got a better 'do' Allie chose to inhabit a college-age girl in the leftwith her friends Allie carefully balanced herself within the girl, taking physical control ofher to sleep It would beher aould be tricky, but Allie successfully hid in a blind spot of the girl's consciousness, so her presence wouldn't be detected As soon as Allie took over, the girl's body stopped gyrating, and Allie raised her right hand, putting the tip of her thuers

"What are you doing?" asked one of the girl's friends

The girl, fully awake, and still in control of her mouth said, "Idon't know My thumb is stuck to my nose!"

"Suzie, honestly!" said the friend "Travis e!"

Allie silently giggled, and began to waggle her fingers

"Suzie!"

"I know! I' to stop!" Clearly Suzie had no idea what had possessed her to behave like this It probably never occurred to her that she actually was possessed

Travis Dix continued to sing Then, toward the end of the song, a beefy security guard caht at Suzie

Great, thought Allie, now I got the girl into trouble

But the guard s music "Now it's my turn!"

It was Milos!

Allie peeled herself out of Suzie, who shook her head, looked at her hands, and in a fewto the one, off to find so for hia She had to juer every now and then to get a good view of the different sections of the audience, because in Everlost the croas pretty much a blur

She started with the upper balcony, then worked her way across, then down There was no sign of Milos, and Allie began to wonder iffair

Meanwhile, Travis Dix finished his song, and the crowd roared

"Hello, Nashville!" he said, and the crowd roared even louder He waited until the cheers died down before he spoke again "This song goes out to a very special girl," he announced "This song is forAllie the Outcast"

Allie snapped her eyes to the stage and watched in disbelief as Travis Dix--the Travis Dix--lifted his thuers at the audience To Allie's aht back to hi belly laugh, because now she was in a huge man with a voice that echoed like a bass drue

When she got there, Milos was peeling hiely at the audience thued, and began the next song

Allie couldn't stop laughing "You win!" she told Milos "That was great! No one's ever dedicated a song to me before!"

"Noe shall enjoy the concert," Milos said "After all, we can have front-row seats," and he gestured to any number of fleshies in the front row, but Allie shook her head She didn't feel right stealing the concert fro the a fleshie conscious was bound to be problee, Allie could see off into the wings, where a couple of roadies stood, not doing

"Those roadies probably travel with the band," Allie said "They won't care if they sleep through a performance"

"Excellent--but we should switch places a few tiood idea to stay in the sa"

So they jacked the two roadies, and watched the whole concert frooing experience complete, they jacked a couple of fans in the audience, so they could flow out with the crowd, and enjoy, if only for a few ed exciteasped as they left the warht It was a subtle change, but powerful to an Afterlight, because teentle breeze blew through the parking lot, and it felt soft and feathery on her aroose bump, and it onderful!

"I think you liked this, yes?" said Milos

She turned, and his fleshie was right next to hers, bringing up a hand, to gently caress Allie's cheek Allie was caught off guard "Don't," she said, taking a step away from him

"Why not?"

"Well, for one, your fleshie's a girl!"