Even as she had to admire the progress and industry, Althea reminded herself that all of this was in the service of one man’s ego. If it weren’t f...r Nick Coyle, this island would almost certainly still be uninhabited apart from a couple of research stations and a small marina operated by the Jayanesian Coast Guard. He’d had the town built, brought in the college and the teaching hospital, and recruited most of the people to come live there from around the world.And today, it was Althea’s job to. The younggirl nodded knowingly. Was my lowly status that obvious? Teressa hadnever made me wear boots before, but it made sense that she would do itnow, after she had started feminizing me for her amusement.When the clerk returned she held only one box. As she opened it to showTeressa the contents, blocking my view with her body, my owner's eyesreflected delight. She told me to stand and asked if it would be alrightto have me strip down to my underwear. Everyone was aware of what wasgoing. Hank assured me that the land that had been watered from the lake still had the irrigation systems in place. These ditches would need to be cleaned and some small repairs made to irrigate several hundred acres of land again.“Hank, we came over and through mountains where construction was difficult. This doesn’t look that difficult to me. Construction in one form or another is taking place with new roads and rail lines continuing all throughout the country as it becomes more populated. We can. They have learned what it means to live in the moment, and what it means to live within a world filled with unreasoning hate. ‘We must finish this section,’ the woman replies, her head bent to the task. They move slowly down the row, and as the sun settles on the far horizon they take a ladle of cool water from a pail hanging in the shade of a young tree. They might dream of better days, but to what purpose? The woman holds her hand to the light and she examines the graceful arc of her.