The sheer terror, the horror of the situation? She knew exactlywhat was coming next and that there was nothing she could do about it. Thetears were st...eaming down her cheeks, leaving long black trails of mascaraacross her face. She was whimpering into the rubber ball jammed between herteeth, but was pleading with her blood-shot eyes to be spared. Covering them upwould have been a crime, and I was only interested in committing one crime thatnight. I pushed her onto her back, kneeled betweenher. "I am sure that you do, Clarice," Madame deLancie was suddenly standing inthe center of the room. "And yet, you have somehow disobeyed me." Shemade a gesture and Clarice and the guest found themselves unable to move. The Madame studied the guest closely for several minutes. "Or, perhaps,you did not. This gentleman did not ask you who you were, or how you cameto be employed in this place. No, he asked if you had ever heard of yourformer self, and if you had any idea where he might be. Those. Something bright and shining, something intoxicating and heady. I couldn't stand up to the armies of the world. I wasn't a Queen. I was a knight.I fought monsters. I didn't start empires.I forced myself to stand. My companions watched me, Chaun kneeling over Thrak, feeding him a healing potion, Aurora standing nearby hugging herself. Xera stood with horror in her eyes, tears falling down her cheeks, her right hand dripping with the dragon's blood. Minx clung to her, looking like a lost child.. Since Tami joined us, how does she seem?" Happy."Tami reached up and stroked my face, "I really am. I haven't felt this content, ever." So, even if you somehow changed our brains and made us love you, so what? We like loving you. We are better for it. But, I don't think you did." How would you know?" Well, for one, I fell in love with you before we ever did anything, remember? Tami and Vicki also loved you before they slept with you." But, what if it is more than just sleeping together, I mean.