.really sorry,” he said as he went.“Its OK Dave!” I shouted but he had run off in the direction of the gents toilets. I took a deep breath and a...justed my dress before I too left the field. “Now what?” I thought.--------ooooo--------Over the ensuing days Dave kept well away from me, even though I was itching to chat to him about his reaction. If he caught my eye, he'd go red and slink away, but one day I managed to way-lay him on the way to the bus-stop. I sidled up next to him as he walked. . Lucifer ... but what did it mean? It was most likely some kind of code word or designation for something or someone that was important, but why was it important? And why did the Voice think I knew what it was?I'd memorized the route from my room/cell to the room where the Voice and I engaged in our daily duel. At least I thought it was daily. Could just as easily have been nightly, or twice daily or who knows how often. There was no reliable way for me to estimate the passage of time, short. It’s stupid! Why would I want to get married and do that? Dumb! Boring! Gross!”This conversation had gone in a completely unexpected direction. It seemed that Penny was a bit more levelheaded than the girls had thought she might be. That said, she had a very warped view of marriage, at least from my perspective. What she was talking about was a very traditional way of conducting a marriage. One that I had no interest in having.“Well, my mom and dad are like that, too,” I said. “But I don’t. ”“What about the renegades?” Tracy continued, accepting his conclusions. “You cornered and released Desttr—why, I’ll never comprehend—but what about his other ‘converts’?”“That was interesting, too.” Phil indicated Abe and Meg’s shoulders, where Desttr was conversing privately with a couple of Phil’s assistants, though he never detailed what he was pointing out. “Just as I made more rapid advances working with these creatures rather than fighting them, when I sent them out hunting, it spread my.