First of all, his feet no longer fully reach the floor from thebed. Secondly, his chest swayed and bounced as he moved. Thirdly, hishair was tickling ...arious parts of his very sensitive skin. Some hungacross his nose and lips. As Danielle, he has learned the quick motionto move that behind his ears. But his ears were now even smaller thanthose of Danielle. Some of the hair tickled the back side of the leftshoulder and some hung over his right shoulder and was tickling hisright breast. How. I pulled her around close to me,holding her body tight against mine as I started to walk her acrossthe room. She writhed and flailed against me, trying to wriggle freefrom my grip, but I only squeezer her tighter to my body, pressing theair from her lungs for a brief second as I pushed her onto one of thechairs.She landed with legs on either side, sitting and facing the back ofthe chair…her view going to the city that lay out before and belowus…and on my reflection in the glass standing behind. The new Swords take over the barracks, and most aren’t happy with the change of unit, especially after being told they’ll get extra training now.On parade for the first time none of the privates are impressed by seeing a kid in sergeant’s uniform in front of them. This is Gerry’s first deployment with the 2nd Claymore. There’s much mumbling in the ranks. A voice yells out, “Hey, who’s got the sugar titties?” Many Swords laugh. Recently transferred in Senior Corporal Finley smiles in. It could keep me like this all day. I tried to resist, to pull back from its death grip on me. Another Drake, apparently satisfied that one of his kin was assisting him in an effort to obtain more food, landed beside his kin, and ruthlessly tiered into me with its claws. The first drake held me steady while the other took the ingredients they would need, my blood. They would then kill me, cut me open to finish the job and have leftovers to pick on.[Damn it. They’ve gotten to him! I can’t do.