As my eyes began to focus, I began to see more clearly. The person standing over me was actually a beautiful woman. Looking closer, I guessed that it ...ust be a Nymph. The huge white wall was actually a sandstone cliff. The place where I lay was the white sandy beach along the river.I sensed that the Nymph was communicating with me, letting me know that I was safe and that I would be just fine. I tried to look at her ankles, but the flowing material was covering them. I looked up at her form,. I’m glad my favorite candidate made it into office. I just wish other black folks would feel inspired. Get off their butts and get to work. Stop complaining. Just because a black man is President and two black men are currently serving as Governors of New York and Massachusetts doesn’t mean the black person’s struggle is over. We need to increase the number of black men in college and decrease the number of black men in prison. I work in a prison all damn day and you just got no idea how. "I thought you heard that."He pointed toward the rear, his hand showing a slight tremor. "Alyson... She just said... You must have said something else to her. What was it?"Mary shook her head and looked as if she were trying not to laugh. "Oh, Doug." She stepped around the table and squeezed him tightly. "She's thirteen years old, Doug. She's not a baby any more."His body stiffened in her arms. "So what was it you said?" he asked with a quiet voice cloaked in suspicion.He felt a small chuckle. ”I smiled, “I am saving up.”She laughed and stood to lean over her desk and hold out her hand, “welcome to the fifth regiment.”I nodded and shook her hand and she gestured to a chair, “your executive officer is on her way.”I sat and leaned back, “I received a couple of briefs from her before I got here. The Demons are scheduled for an op?”She sat and turned to bring up an operation holo above her desk, “hopefully it will be nothing more then a show of force. Fifth is headed out in one week to a.