Is that clear?"The guard came to attention. "Yes, my Emperor!"Z'haas walked up to him, one hand on the hilt of his sword. He carried his head aloft in...a most regal stance as a real Emperor should. "Activate the Imperial Guard. Man the battlements and ready all defenses." Yes, my Emperor."The guard started away, but the Emperor grabbed his arm."Tell them I expect every last man to give up his life to protect me. Tell them that my life and the life of Oceanus, is more important than their. Jeff and I were a little out of practice, so the rest stops didn't hurt us either, though we would never have admitted it to the women. By the third day, though, we only had to make the stops necessary to rest the horses and mule.We always stopped at restaurants for meals if there were any nearby, so we were able to preserve our rations very well. We stopped at hotels each night, and we found that sex was a good way to work out the kinks from sitting in the saddle all day. From that point of. The door opened and Becky gave me a tentative hug. She was wearing an over-sized crimson Bucky Beaver sweatshirt over a pair of white short shorts, an unlikely combination of winter and summer apparel. But that's pretty much like the climate in Wisconsin . You just never know about the weather in May. In the kitchen we could hear her parents having an argument. Mr. Johansson was saying in a thick Swedish accent, "Bridget, stop flirting with Bob. I'm tired of it and you are making a fool of. .. ah ... missing friends." His tone implied that he had not really made an error, just in being too early to make the accusation.Derek was becoming frantic. "I don't know where she is, but she answered her phone and seemed all right." So you can give me her phone number, and we can have a word with her, Derek?" I suppose so. Her number is in my phone THAT YOU TOOK FROM ME!" he added, "And you haven't allowed me to contact my lawyer!" You have a lawyer, Derek? We find it is highly unusual for a.