"Overlords will always be what they are. Protocol comes first. Dealing behind the scenes comes next. Everything else takes a distant third." Doran has...made me aware of this," Roquan said bitterly. "I plan to defer to him in these matters once the Conclave begins."Rennis was already shaking his head and advancing on Roquan. "No. You have to take an active hand in it. Think of it this way: would you arbitrarily hand off a Trainee to another Overlord for training? Of course not." But you have. They mentioned that ... since I was in the reserves ... it was legal for me to possess the weapons. They introduced me to several pilots and suggested I visit Fokker in Amsterdam.Been there, done that. The plant was ... Okay ... but nothing to write home about. Valmaat was building better aircraft. Fokker was still working with biplanes and fixed gear. We stayed longer in Amsterdam because Dal wasn't ready for us in Belgium.I made the call."Dal?" David?" Yes. Are you ready for us?" I asked."Do. "There is that," she admitted with a chuckle. "Damn, I should have thought of something really big for the next favor. If I would have known you were going to act like a human being about things I would have put more time into it." The key word is 'act' let's not forget," I said and my ex-wife and I joined in laughter for perhaps the 12th time in the 19 years we'd known the other. "So, what's up?" Well, you know the game is on tonight, right?" she said."Oh, shit," I answered. "Believe it or. Drawing back, once more my regal Mistress, she nodded her head to myanswer. "Of course you never could satisfy me like a man! With thatlittle thing?" (My cock is about five inches, hard.) She laughed, andit went through me like electricity. Humiliation in the midst of loveis the ultimate joy on earth, at least that is so for me."So what shall we do about that?" Her finger was to her lip, her eyesraised, as she portrayed a woman puzzling something out. And what awoman--her lovely face, breasts.