If I hadn’t my mind set on Hobson, I think I would have had to punish her for her public neediness.As the car pulls up at the factory, I can see a c...uple of the staff looking out the window. A return visit is bound to cause panic. As I enter the foyer, Derek comes bounding over, fake smile plastered across his face.“Lily, so lovely to see you again. We weren’t expecting you back so soon”, he simpers.“Thank you Derek. Yes, there are a few things I am still concerned about”, I reply curtly. “I. They were met in the shuttle bay by a very nervous looking Lieutenant Junior Grade, who didn't look old enough to shave, and a pair of senior noncoms. Non-commissioned officers were the senior enlisted ranks, the backbone of any military service. Officers gave the orders, even baby-faced kids fresh out of the Military Academy like the JG, and the noncoms were the ones who made sure it got done, done right, and done on time.The JG stood at rigid attention and saluted Minerva as she came down the. They inserted needles in my femoral arteries and saphenous veins, and for hours my blood was conditioned with various chemicals and drugs, being pumped out, treated, and pumped back into me. Finally, charitably, they injected a sedative and I lost consciousness, so I did not suffer through the chilling. Ultimately, I knew, I would be bathed in liquid nitrogen, and I could be kept indefinitely, like frozen semen in a sperm bank. Then it would not matter that the space ship traveled only a. I'm not willing to go for a whole day like that, but for a couple of hours wouldn't... " A slave?" I said sitting up. "Are you sure?" Pretty sure," she said making me lay back down and climbing on top of me. "Tammy dared me, and it bothers me that she felt I would never go for it. You know I'm a dare devil, but Tammy's the one who always tried to play it safe. But now... " Come on. You're not really letting her dare you into doing this, are you?" No, of course not. It's just I don't understand.