. yeah, I, uh, actuallyjust bought it today. Saw it while I was out getting some things andthought I'd give it a try." Well, it looks nice," my roomm...te complimented."Yeah, but it feels kind of weird, and it doesn't have any pockets," Iremarked, tugging on the item in question. "Plus, it makes me have tokeep my legs together all the time." Yeah, they never did seem all that practical," George concurred witha chuckle. "Gonna give up on them then?"I shrugged. "I don't know. Probably. Maybe. It seemed to pretty much work. No one pointed or laughed or anything. I got a couple of looks, but they were more like friendly smiles. We walked over to the bar where her boyfriend stood with several shots. "Bottoms up!" By this time I was ready for a drink and slammed it down. He quickly ordered another round. It was about this time that I noticed the nice guys from the parking lot were sitting at a table close to us. One of them raised his glass to salute us. My wife smiled back and asked if. Probably new to this. Explains reaction to me. Seasoned veterans usually run. She stood. Trembled. Figured I’d kill her, too. Doesn’t work that way. Can’t tell them that, though. That’d be the easy way. Everyone too fond of the easy way. Take Whore for example… Cops go easy on her, ’cause she’s easy and easy on the eyes. Easier to get a blowjob and take it easy than sentence her to hard time. Figure she’s a hard luck case, had a hard life–give her a warning, ease her into counseling. Cops. Once in the town he located a stable and hired a marvark. The capital city of Terfain was less than half a day's ride from the coast.The journey was uneventful, and the city was located at the end of a broad valley with mountains as a backdrop. The countryside reminded Arron of Switzerland, a place he had visited as a child when his father had to travel there on business. The memory of the place they stayed at reminded him of the room he was allocated during his stay at the Intelligence Corps.