The thing weighed at least three hundred pounds, with the liquid inside sloshing as she carried it. Her permanent strength upgrade allowed her to lift...things as if she was constantly undergoing an adrenaline rush. That was a fact grounded in science more than magic, but Dana didn’t understand how it happened.Her eyes shifted over to Ratu’s table. What secrets were locked in her own cellular structure? How did magic keep her alive? She tilted the barrel while lifting it. The dark fluid drained,. "We saw that as well. So we decided to encourage women to comply with the law regarding registration and appearance, and that we would automatically file a exemption request for all women." I see. And how much do you charge for this?" Robert began."The state filing fee is thirteen dollars and seventy five cents. We charge our clients thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents. If they cannot pay, we bill them and file for compensation under the unemployment relief act." Carol said smugly."You mean. I guess I am. I just had not called it that” she answered. Honestly she had not thought much about it. She did know that there were people who lived naked as much as they could. Maybe that’s what Max wanted. He wanted her to be a nudist... “Is it feeling good? It looks kinda like it is, more than earlier when he was licking you after. Oh yeah, um, can I ask another question?” Trent’s voice paused, the sound of the dog growling happily as he began to lick more earnestly at Niki the only noise. .He had not seen the girl for weeks. It was as if she had dropped offthe face of the Earth, so he decided to make other plans. Maybe hewould investigate that farmhouse up on the moor. That older womanlooked as if she could offer something. To be absolutely sure, he tookanother road around the other side of the moor. By the map it looked asif it was about three miles across to Highfield. The road was desertedas he pulled on his boots and an anorak. In his pack were thebinoculars and a flask of.