Ab halke se uska kan ko kiss karte hue kaat raha tha. Toh usne halke se moan karte hue kaha, “Bhaiya aram se karo. Daag mat chhodna, warna mera pati...fir dikkat karega.”Tab maine us se pucha, uska pati use abhi puchegi nahi kya ki woh kaha thi. Rekha ne kaha, “Aaj woh daaru peekar so gaya hai already.” Meri ankhon mein chamak aagayi aur maine use apni godh mein utha kar bedroom chal diya.Maine Rekha ko bed pe patak kar usko uske pet ke bal kar diya. Aur uske baare peeth ko chumne laga. Mujhe. Maybe 3 or 4 million dollars plusfor each unit."Pulling myself back together, I frantically tried to think of somethingto take my mind off what she was saying. Latching onto a thought thathad been at the back of my mind, but I hadn't yet managed to bring tothe surface, I blurted: "The Praetorian Guard!"At Sam's blank look, and desperately trying hard not to think of theeconomics of supply and demand, I continued: "They will need a costumeor something and we won't have time to see about it when. We would also have a knife and other survival gear, but that was a routine precaution for expeditions to previously unexplored planets. We were going in on our own. There was no need for experts at this stage. Our AIs could process the kind of data we were looking for. The experts would go in later when they could be sure that it was safe! One of my first thoughts when I heard that was "now I know what it feels like to be expendable."The energy weapons we were issued were pistols that fired a. "Jeff stood looking down at the cases of ball bearings on Security's dock."Three-eights to two inches, an equal amount of case hardened steel, and tungsten carbide balls," Mayfield said. Before Jeff could comment on how many of the balls the Lieutenant had ordered, Mayfield continued, "The General got into the process and apparently multiplied everything by ten." Then with a grin, "Guess you need to learn how to be a machine gun." Very funny," Jeff groused. "I'm still at the stage where I'm.