“Did you expect to find me tied naked to a tree in the woods?” By the looks on their faces, they clearly did. “I see. So I have you lot to thank...for that do I?” “Don’t you remember?” asked Jen. “Remember what?” “Last night in the pub?” “I remember we had a lot to drink… We got quite loud.” “You don’t remember the forfeit game?” “Hmm. No, I don’t. But I don’t think it takes a genius to put two and two together. Are you saying I was tied naked to a tree as a forfeit in a drinking game?” Now they. Do you understand?” I asked.“You are leaving me, my Master?” she asked with a quaver in her voice.“Meadow, I am the Royal Judge and Executioner. I have duties to attend to. Tomorrow, I must leave to attend to them. I will come back. It will take about three weeks. I am not abandoning you. There are things that I must do. Surely you understand about having things that must be done?”“Yes, my Master,” she answered in a very small voice. “I understand. But ... But you will come back. Won’t you?”. Twisting as she went deeper into the depths. The torpedoes followed her as she dropped through the thermal layer in to the colder waters of the Pacific."Level the boat. Full speed ahead," Ji shouted."Leveling the boat Sir, and going to full speed," Ensign Han said from the ship's controls.Ji watched the clock as it counted down, and then said, "Drop the noise makers and take us to one hundred feet. Blow tanks, speed all ahead slow."The ship dropped two noisemakers as she slowed and climbed back. " Today?" Yes." This pace?" Yeah, mostly." {Groan}." He dropped back after that.I ran until I was my normal wakeup time, finishing with a warming-down jog and walk back home. I let myself in and walked down the hall to the shower. I didn't feel strained at all, which made it a very interesting morning. It looked like "finding my limits" had to be treated more seriously than before, especially because I had no idea why I should be able to run without an apparent distance limit.When the girls.