Sometimes it’s possible to have a good response even when you are not able to convince people of your justifications. Here, I think convincing the h...uses of your interpretation of the events will be critical.”She continued, “You think we should plead bad law. Why do you think the law is bad?”In my own head it was simple: the law led to the ridiculous conclusion that we should not have saved Passion Mill, so the law had to be bad. I understood Lady Elizabeth would need more than that. I said, “I. .. police warned.”The police commissioner grinned and nodded, “we will start our people looking and if you do not mind I will assign a detective to assist you.”I nodded and looked at Leo, “first I need a little rest and tomorrow morning I will look at the ship and see the crew.”He stood, “on that note I will take him back to my estate. If you would let the detective know to meet him at the ship at the sixth hour?”They nodded and we left and for the most part rode in silence. When I got out of. . I ... do it all the time. I ... just c ... can ... can't hold back. Soon's I get near a girl -- wham! I shoot my load. That ... That's why they call me Crotch. All my damn pants have stains on them. Semen stains. These were new slacks. I bought them this afternoon. Oh, shit! I'm sorry Rachel. I ... I'll leave now if you don't mind."My evil mind went into overtime."Wait! Just a second. Come on, get those slacks off and the ... whatever you've got on underneath too. I'll throw them in the. I was quite relieved when I’d passed beyond the fields and into the scrubland without having been asked to carry out an odd job of one form or another, since I hated to let people down. The Northern Forest looked dark and oppressive as I approached, but as I penetrated the wall of trees, instead of feeling nervous, a strange peace came over me.Since I couldn’t work out what Matra Glandira’s stipulation to ‘think like a healer’ actually meant, I carried on walking northwards. Although it was.