It's a health requirement."They walked through the turnstiles, swiping their passes, and turnedtoward the locker rooms. **********...*******************Meanwhile, very far away -- not in the country, not on this earth, not inthis galaxy, not even in a galaxy far, far away -- yet in another senserather nearby, a certain distance off in another dimension, utterlyunfamiliar to us all -- in another nearby Universe, almost identical tothis one, on an Earth almost identical to this. "I didn't... I thought nothing of myfirst sight of him; a lone man in cloak and hood, standing within thegates of my village speaking to the guard. I but glanced at him thenlooked away to go on with my business. I am-- ... was the village smith." Did he carry bags with him?" Not that I... Yes. Saddle bags on his horse. And in his arms somethingtall but covered by cloth." And then?" Then... Then I heard the screaming. We all heard it. I looked to theway it came and saw two ladies, stricken with. ’ ‘When we are not here both you and Rono will be ring gagged as Rono is now . We don’t want you comparing notes too carefully. Not that that is really possible with our cctv monitor that we can watch you with anytime. Incidentally if we leave you two in agonizing positions that will be so Brec and I can watch you periodically and enjoy your struggles surreptitiously while we carry out our usual duties outside, Anyway make whatever acquaintance you can with each other because you will be soon. " Don't be too sure, Madison, I don't think we'll be wearing this to work anytime soon." said Nelle, to my relief."Well, it would be just fine if you did. In fact, after grovelling in front of Harris and hanging on a thread just to keep the account thanks to this fuck-up," he said bringing his hand down onto my padded shoulder, "and the terms, unbelievable, we'll be lucky if we ever get out of the red on that project. I don't mind at all if its embarrassing to wear that stuff to work." We all.