"I've no idea what to do, but without getting dressed we can't do much at all. We should both have showers, get the muck off ourselves and then clean ...ori up, I think." said Jamie, not waiting for a reply. They returned to Lauren's room less than ten minutes later, both with wet hair and in dressing gowns and sneakers."There's no electricity, you know" said Jamie."Yeah, my hairdryer wouldn't work" she replied, carrying the same bowl that she had used before. New cloths were laid on her bed next. He let her down back to the barns earth floor, still tethered by the breast rope, but without the crutch rope. He walked her, hobbling from the sore crutch, from the lift to just out of the cameras gaze, then returned to swing the thing into focus. We were presented with a rack, a full size, rope and windless medieval rack. He had her stand to fill the glass once more, removed the hand-cuffs, then remove the wet knickers which she hung on the rack side. He bowed and said, “when your ready. The man’s mouth opened wide but no sound emanated therefrom.“What did you say?” he said.“He understands how hard it is to be alone. He has told me that if a man wanted to marry me it would be okay. But there is one codicil. Never would he tolerate any man, even if I married, to claim his fatherhood of Kari from him. Stepfather, uncle, no problem of any new man, okay. But he has made it plain that the one thing he could not stomach was losing his fatherhood status. And that as Kari’s ‘only. So she's far from the perfect student.I gave my class as usual, and I gathered up my things (including the students' quizzes) and planned to leave the school to go to another, where I had class at 11:00. (The second school happens to teach computer skills and languages, so I like to arrive early to surf the Internet and catch up on my e-mail a bit before beginning class. That's hardly relevant here, so I'll say no more.) As I left class, I chatted a bit with a colleague named Nancy, and Anahi.