Jikka, one of herlieutenants among the cohort of kajirae she stood First Girl over hadinformed her this Armand guy had taken the punishment girl to an...alcoveless than a couple of hours ago yet he seemed surprised when he failed toget an instant erection with Vella so soon after his recent exertions.It's like he was new to taking a girl but a Master, a Warrior like him soinexperienced? She sniggered at the thought. She could have brought himto attention, it's not like she hadn't done it often. "You'll notice you still had clothes on." True, true. Oh, yeah, do you suppose... " Asprin's on the table next to the pancakes." I could tell he was smiling even though he was facing away from me."Excellent. How on earth are you this perky this morning?" I downed two asprin, then tore into a triple stack of pancakes and a nice tall glass of milk."I didn't pack away as much booze as you and Barb did last night, and I drank about a liter of water after you went to bed. Christ, you two must have. "Claudio will arrive about noon. What will you tell him?"I smile and look out the window at Vegas. "Thank you very much, Claudio ... all that jazz." I close one eye from the morning glare and think about something else for a minute. "And ... don't ever come back here or I'll take an apple corer to your eye sockets."Lynn winces. "Is that wise?" I don't give a shit. Wise. This place is mine now. He's only coming to make peace, to establish the boundaries, and to probe me about Loris. Nothing. There were few questions.Barati told the assembly how the young Sahibs had obtained a list of call-signs from the playroom simulators with the highest scores first. If that man wanted to volunteer, please answer to his call sign. There was no answer to the first name and Barati's disappointment showed as he went on. There were answers to the next four callsigns and then another silence. The silences became more frequent as the list progressed. At twenty volunteers, McCock excused himself and.