When had she done those? And what else had she done without even thinking about it? So many of her household chores were getting to be like that latel..., as mechanical and unnoticed a part of her existence as breathing. She sighed, pushed the hair away from her eyes with the back of her hand and turned to look around the kitchen. It usually seemed bright to her but today, despite the blazing sun outside, everything looked dingy and yellowed. Everything – from the dusty, dried flower arrangement. “Why not?” Ashley asked. “It sounds like a very quick and efficient way to learn a new skill.”“Sure,” I replied. “But it doesn’t really teach the skill. It just implants the knowledge and a memory of performing it. Your muscles won’t build up any real memory and if your duty requires working with others, the others might not act like the people you end up working with. I do want my crew to use the sleep trainers, but only to get familiar with their duties. I’ve already asked about training. The land beyond the windswept mountains on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande was even drier and had less vegetation than the desert around Fort Quitman. At least at the fort a man could go to the river and get fresh water or cool off. These desert plains that stretched as far as the eye could see were barren as a table top."Via if I owned this place and Hell, I'd live in Hell and rent this place out," Jake said as the heat reflected back up from the hard pan. "Course that's if I could find. Miranda and I had long since become lovers, too. It was a little confusing to have a lover sharing the same body with me. As I reached my peak, I moaned, “I love you.”It had been difficult last summer with Caitlin and Phile. We’d been working on a section of fence and all stopped for a water break. Kyle was looking at Bells and Bows with his head nodding a little. Of course, paying attention to those two horses is the same as paying attention to Caitlin and Phile. The three of them started.