"Show me," she purred."Not until I've had a shave and a shower. I've had neither for two days and must pong something awful." Would my little boy like...Mummy to wash him?"Bill grinned delightedly. "Yeth, pleathe, Mummy," he lisped.They both fell into each other's arms again laughing weakly at their appallingly childish humour.She washed and dried him meticulously. She then pressed up against his back with her arms round his waist as he shaved."I've always thought shaving to be a pretty boring. "These guys think that even though they're not going to help us, that they can keep the ship. They're going to try and stop us from taking it."His father laughed. "Let's see them try. Preliator, full power to the engines. Get us the hell back to Earth. I for one have had enough of this damned diplomacy. Auctorita, if you would kindly take the tactical console, I want you to very quickly familiarize yourself with the weapons systems of this ship. Hopefully you read Liodammian. Aurum, honey, I'd. He threatened to order me to have "worthless cunt" tattooed above the #6 on my vulva. I would have done it. I would have made up some bullshit story to tell my husband about why I did it. I didn't care. He threatened to have my udders and labia pierced. I would have helped him pick out the jewelry. I don't think my husband would even have noticed. He threatened to make me seduce my own sister and lure her in to slavery beside me. He said it would be fun to watch us sixty-nine. I would have done. Human civilization has tried desperately to impose these rules on nature to improve its chances in the contest. To level out the playing field, as it were. But nature doesn't give a damn about our rules... and from time to time humans pop up who don't give a damn either.'"If we all played the game without any rules there'd be chaos."'Don't misunderstand me... there are rules. Humans have managed to move beyond the original rules, unlike most other creatures. For them the rules are locked in....