When I arrived, I found Doctor Holland waiting also.Surprised, I asked him, “Doc, why are you here? Don’t tell me we’ve got a medical issue goin... on?”“No Captain. I’m waiting for a shipment that’s on this shuttle. I’m working with the Agriculture folks on a project. I’ve been researching old-time herbal and tribal medicines. There are some indications that aboriginal remedies can be effective. I hope to find things that we can use if we run low on supplies.”“Sounds interesting I hope it works. At the end of the race, every ounce of rain had taken it’s share in coal dust and lost itself into the grey. Grey buildings, grey tracks, grey people struggling underneath it all. Only the Iron Tower was a shade as black as her mark.They stayed silent for hours, or seconds maybe. The whore had nothing to say, but the peddler did. She had a soft voice, it sounded nice rythmed with the rain."You know, I hated you before," she stated. "Without you, André would’ve been my way out of down there. But. It was hot by now and felt good on my back. I turned around, let my chin rest on my chest, closed my eyes and just stood there with the hot water playing on my head. And then I took myself in my hand and started playing with myself. Lightly, softly, slowly. Not my usual rush. All the time with a picture of Les in my head. My hand and my prick were no strangers to each other and hadn't been for 4 or 5 years. But I'd never been as gentle. I stood there in my own little world with the hot water. "I was at the fair with Harriet and we went to the fortuneteller's tent and she told me that I have a curse on me.”Her mother’s back straightened and she began tidying up the counter, but didn’t say anything so Lori continued.“She said that I’m going to be a succubus unless I consume eighteen souls before my eighteenth birthday."Lori expected her mom to tell her that she was being ridiculous and of course it was a scam and hopefully she didn't pay too much, yadda, yadda, yadda, but instead her.