Becausehe's trying to protect you. Sounds like a perfect match to me. Pray tell,though. Just who do you think you're protecting him from?" Not who--wh...t." What then?" Disappointment." You're the only one disappointing him." You don't understand," Marcia said irritated."What I think is that you're really protecting yourself." That's silly." Is it? Marrying Walt would cause all kinds of potentially delicatesituations. He knows that. Don't you think he's aware of that, that he'sconsidered it, that. You could not beat or in any way physically harm your slave. You could punish your slave for poor behaviour, but only through simple things like rationed food.So pleasure slaves had a much better life than the ‘faceless millions’ as they were rather cruelly called by some of Rigel’s elite. Hundreds of young women (and some men) came to the big cities each week in the hope of selling themselves to one of the numerous auction houses.The auction house would pay decent money to any good looking. Finally, Stone hung up the phone and stood up. "Dinner time" he announced and then he strode from the room.Over dinner at his restaurant, Stone quizzed her in great detail on what she'd read before saying "Good enough. Now I'll take you home."Sarah, aghast at the idea of him seeing the hovel she lived in, stammered "N-N-No, I can take the bus." "Nonsense. It will take you two hours and I need you fresh in the morning." Obviously amused by the look on her face, he said "I know where you live and. It grows from a type of tree, and upon reaching maturity, is detached to become one of these plant/creatures. The tree must be feed human blood for nourishment. There is a dwindling tribe of humans on this planet that are being used for that nourishment. Your mission is to rescue them. They will be moved to a new planet. I will download the coordinates for a teleport location to that new planet to your map crystals. The leader of this tribe is named Zed and his mate, the queen is Laura. These.