We had an argument and I had too much to drink and didn’t know what I was doing. I’m sorry.’ About that time I turned around and there was Jen. ...��Jarrod, please come back inside. There’s been enough trouble. Come dance with me?’ I knew she was right and the guy was really hurting. I let go of his throat and turned around to go back in when all of a sudden Jen hauled off and slapped the guy so hard across the face his teeth had to rattle. ‘Explain that bruise to your wife, you bastard,’ said Jen.. “You’ll be late to work if you keep that up,” Kimmi closed her eyes as he caressed her.“I’m not on the mining rotation today, anyway.” Keith held the couch’s grab bar and pulled himself down on top of Kimmi.The comm tone sounded and Keith opened his eyes. He was still on the couch, or over it, and Kimmi stirred under him. “Get the comm,” she murmured sleepily.Keith pulled himself over to the nearest panel and hit the audio-only key. “Yes?”“Keith, this is Arif. One of my people found something. But then to my amazement Mark cameinto view. His young body was also totally naked. His semierect penis swinging freely in front of athletic body. My mind wasracing with confusion. What was I witnessing here.Initially I had thought it was an assault by an intruder, but now it appearedif it was some sort of debauched, perverted sexual activity. I was sickened,and it confirmed my low option of today?s youth. But despite mydistaste at what I was witnessing, my eyes remained fixated on the scene I. " Initially trembling, the voice seemed to gain in strength."Eyes of Embers, molten lead." There was a clearer sense of warmth now, as if the air inside was being heated by his words."The Furnace for your foes! The Inner Fire for your priests!"I felt Nightbreeze stirring beside me. She did not speak Thailo, yet she deduced it first. "He's chanting a ritual!" Come, Melter of Ice! Come, Scorcher of Woods! Come, Burner of-"I pulled at the ring. Whatever it was that was happening, we had to stop.