And I know that a mother never wishes to loose a son, so once ayear he will spend two weeks vacationing here in the palace, where hecan meet with his ...eople and his army." The army is another matter. You have taken most of my men. I am leftdefenseless should any other army attack," the King lamented."Your men hate the Prince, not you or Raoul," the Earl said. "If thePrince is gone, they will return to your army, most of them. They havefamily here, and love their country. I will allow you to. ”“You don’t know ... I don’t know how to explain it — for her, it’s like maybe somebody pulled your tongue out, or something. But I guess THAT wouldn’t matter to you, either...”“I begin to get it,” Rendec replied. Your people don’t have any workarounds?”“Well, there’s sign language,” Becky replied, making a few gestures with her hands that meant nothing to Rendec, “but most people don’t know it any more than you do...”Rendec grinned down at Sabac, “You know she’s gonna be stuck on you...”Sabac. Luckily, the boys proved a helpful distraction, laughing and shouting and running about full of energy, eager to get in the pool, while Mom was now partially obstructing my route to the lockers. So I made as if I was just hesitating out of politeness, while Mom cleared a path for me – but even so, I still knew that “Daddy” had me well-and-truly spotted!Yes, I know – the bit “in the middle”; you want to know all about it!He wasn’t particularly muscular but he was lean and really fit. His skin. ’ I wanted to beat something. Tennis is too slow. I chose racquetball. In three years I was a national champion. But I can’t tell you how many hours I spent on that court. A lot more than you do now,” she said.“Wow! I had no idea. You seem so ... together.”“I’m better. But sex, painting, and racquetball aren’t enough to combat boredom, stress, and loneliness. We have to see what we can do about that. First, you say the classes are boring. Well, that might be out of our reach for this semester..