She slung her own weapons to one side and stepped forward offering him her scarred right hand. He hesitated, took it and clasped her arm about the elb...w with his left hand. ‘Victory is yours,’ he said huskily. She stared into his face. He let her hand go and stepped back. Hanya Lein had come to her side, he too was saying: ‘Victory is yours.’ She looked up at the sky. It was a clear soft blue spring sky. There was a chill in the air, a breeze on her sweat-beaded brow made her shiver but she. Families treat each other with respect. I think the two of you need a timeout." No!" Noah wailed. "Hunter was..." I don't want to hear it," Mom insisted. "Do you want a twenty minute timeout instead of ten, Noah?" No," he answered mournfully. Connor wisely started towards the designated time out spot. Noah stamped his feet as he followed his brother."Ten minutes on the top step, Connor," Mom directed. "Stop stamping your feet, Noah. You have twenty minutes on the bottom step. Do you. I guarantee that he wouldn’t want me in school anymore. He’d want me to cook and clean for him and never graduate, never learn more than kitchen, domestic stuff, while he beats me black and blue and I turn to drinking or drugs to take that off my mind. But, yet, informal schooling’s going to be nice at your hands. Granted, I’ll miss out on homecoming, prom, etc., but fuck that if I can be with you for life! I’m in love with you, David Lee Roth Howard! I also love that you’re named after a rock. I will be about ten minutes. See, you don't get all the dirty jobs" Dan smirks"Yeah, bloody hurry up,Scurrying down the ladder into the darkness, Dan takes out the torch tucked into his belt and switches it on. The sewer was big, much bigger than he expected. Trying not to slip into the river of shit running down the centre, he slowly inches his way along the wall. Every foot he slithered forward brought tears to his eyes. He understood now what Ray had meant about the Rats stench but he was.