" said Anakin, his face softening. "On the condition that you stay exactly as you are so that I might have something pleasant to look at while I get d...essed." "As you wish, Master." As Anakin finished fastening his tunic, he glanced once more at his trusted student. Ahsoka remained as he had instructed her, lying naked and pure on his makeshift bed. Indeed, she looked not unlike the slave girls Anakin had witnessed on Tatooine as child, forever bound to the Hutt Clan's brothels just as. "No thank you," she said."Excuse me?" Seth asked.Barb pushed the drink towards him and said, "I appreciate the offer, but I really can't accept drinks from a stranger. I don't know what you might have put into it."Barb smiled nervously as Seth just looked calmly at her."If I put anything in it, than in an hour or so you'd wake up, pinned underneath me, getting the fucking of your life. However, there's nothing in there but alcohol, so drink up."Barb was going to protest again, but something. She sighed.Things were worse than she had expected not a minute ago, but she kept a cool head nonetheless. The ground couldn't be much more than thirty feet below her, and provided she didn't hit a rock, she could stick a landing from that height with her eyes closed. Lara drew a breath, unbuckled her chute and plunged straight down, but her fall was once again broken, this time not ten feet from the ground. It took an incredulous Lara a full second to understand what had just happened: on her. Shortly, I had a tall glass of iced tea and the promise of a hot pepperoni pizza to hold my grumbling stomach at bay.Tony sat across from me watching me intently, as if he expected me to say something. Not having any idea what that might be, I smiled and stared back at him. After a minute, it started becoming almost comical.I couldn't take it and shook my head. "We're just being silly," I told him. "I think we had a miscue somewhere." Maybe," he agreed. "I don't believe in rushing things faster.