"Only, this one has a note tied to its leg. I'll bet anything you like that this is the way the priests send messages back and forth so fast. 'The God... tell us, ' indeed!" Let me see the message." Ashaia peered at the rows of cryptic markings on the tiny slip of parchment."You can read it?" Shantar was amazed."I was taught to read as a child. Let me see if I can make it out." She studied the parchment carefully in the gloom, puzzling at it until Gortai struck a spark to a bit of tinder for her. " she giggled. "Let's get the kitchen straight an' get us a shower, 'kay?" You betcha, brown-haired girl."We had the kitchen squared away in half an hour. And into the shower. She was not the least bit ashamed of her own nudity this time. And as I stripped, she watched."Danny," she said, "D'you think I'm pretty?" I do, Nikki. You're very pretty. And it's not the clothes you wear or make-up or anything you have to put on or add. You're just a naturally pretty girl." But I'm not blonde."I. "You like?" she said."Oh yes I like," and they locked in a long passionate kiss.Breathlessly, she said, "Um do you want a drink or shall we...?" If it is alright with you what I want is to have you over my knee and then in your bed," he replied."Oh yes Reg, please tan my arse," and she led him to the living room which had a kitchen chair placed ready.As she led, Reginald's eyes went to her buttocks in the tight black skirt.Reg sat on the kitchen chair and she draped herself over his lap.He. When I was younger, my friends and I used to play Beau Geste and Robin Hood up there. Anyway, there was a skylight, which let in some light, even though the windows were all boarded shut, and, over in the corner, there was a hatch, like an upside down box, all tarred over. If you opened the hatch, there were iron rungs set into the brick wall, and you could climb down. It was full of old car stuff, and there was an office in the back, with a storage loft over it. There was a pit for servicing.