The movement of the stirrups finally ceased but now the whole examining table seemed to be tilting, lowering my head and raising my pelvis. I knew the...rectal portion of my exam was coming next and was probably going to be a little more extensive than the prostate exams I had had in the past or even the search for polyps my doctor had undertaken a couple of years ago.The ice pack, or whatever, was finally removed from my groin and immediately I felt the rubber gloved fingers exploring my rectum.. It was on our last night that the nightmare happened.I was asleep weary from a day out in the bush when I was awoken by a shadow passing over my bed."What the blazes?" I sat up and looked down at my sleeping wife.Off in the distance I heard native drums beating out a slow rhythm, then another shadow passed by our door. I got up and went to see what was going on. Sat cross-legged outside our hut was an old native. How old I couldn't tell, but he could have been anywhere between 50-80 years. The key point was that I'd used up all the covert, non-risky things I could think of to get information on these people, and I'd effectively gotten nowhere, as had all the other dimensions' Marks that I'd heard about. The only inter-dimension information I got was that it appeared likely that none of the Marks with less than five merges had this surveillance problem. Meanwhile, the baddies were starting to get unacceptably invasive, as indicated by the spiked restaurant food and New York hotel. It'll be here in a couple of days tops. When it comes in we'll swap. Actually I'll retire my card and the account will be for your exclusive use. I wouldn't worry about using the card with my name on it. If someone questions it, have them call the card company. Your name is on the account now as an authorized user. As long as you have your I.D. there shouldn't be a problem." Okay. After you have your lunch can you help me with the internet? I want to email a friend back home. I also need to.