"I slammed the gavel down. "Enough of this. This is not a school shouting match. The motion of cloture previously referred to is in fact first on the ...genda. It is my prerogative to decide where we start, and I say it starts now. For three days almost we have heard this drivel. Let the Senate decide by its votes. Do we go forward, or hear more propaganda?"Senator Klause could not believe his ears. "How can you? Even a Democrat must be able to see how important the actions of our God Given. "I am Paginna, Magnificent, of the Central Zone. With honor I challenge you for status, territory, and rank." Rank?" Tira asked in surprise. "I have not challenged for rank in eight years!" It does not matter." Paginna replied curtly. "Your child is no longer an infant; you are eligible for the challenge. And you are still ranked." I see." Tira returned. "And where do I stand?" Two hundred fifty-second among Tiger women, six hundred eighty-third among Tiger People, one thousand four hundred. He indicated in his second Craigslist posting that he had 8 men in his barracks room the night before, and imagining that scene sent me down the batehole. I imagine the guy, nearly six foot, sculpted, and hung welcoming his preview party photos into his room. Maybe two who are secret FWBs arrive first and our host greets them, wearing a towel. The guys, Kansas and Jake, met in boot camp at Parris Island and immediately felt the urge to play. They have a no drama relationship and the. ”“What does that mean?” he asked.“I’m sort of the boss,” she said.“Like Mother Superior?”“Exactly like that,” she said, capitalizing on his background. At least she hoped she was capitalizing. If “Mother Superior” wielded a ruler for small infractions, his memory of her might not be rosy.“Is there a priest here?” he asked.“A Priest?”“I haven’t been to confession in a long time,” he said.“I’ll get you a priest,” she said. What she’d get him was a young man who needed more sun, and a priest’s.