” “Nice to meet you.” The form was quiet and I put my bag on the empty bed, and began to unpack. An hour later I was ready to go out and have ... look around. Anne was still sleeping so I left her alone. Dressed in a pair of shorts and a white T-shirt I closed the door behind me and walked down to the lobby. “Everything okay?” asked the receptionist. “Yes, thank you. I am going out for a walk.” “Take this with you,” she handed me a map of the area where the hotel was marked the an X. “This. Itake my razor.I never dared to shave my legs before; what kind of guy does that? Thecrunch of the razor harvesting hair from the curve of calf: a pathwaycleared like some strange machine of war's chewed through the barbedwire at the border. But what about the guards, the mines?One calf, the other. One shin, two. Slowly up a thigh. Bend and turnand slowly shave the other. If you take care, you won't even cutyourself.Calmer now, I ease the panties up, feel slick cloth on smooth skin.Pull on the. Some of Michael’s concubines - we call them companions - and older dependents are running a child sitting operation while things are sorted out. They have the kids, and Mason is down with the Marines who are picking up the rest of his family.”“When they are back, I’ll take a look at his CAP,” she elaborated. “I agree with Ensign Lapin that his loyalty score is probably undervalued. He may just end up as a sponsor. If not, the colony is big enough; we’ll find a way to keep his kids with him or. The music ended as I rolled her out and in, ending with my arms completely surrounding her from behind.The audience had been as enraptured of her as I had and gave us a very kind round of applause. As we started back to the table, Bert walked to his microphone and said, “That was Charles Newman of Charles & Claire, with his soon to be mother-in-law. That wedding day should be quite astonishing.” The crowd loved it and laughed as we bowed to them.“Maybe we can get Charles back up here with his.