"You must understand, these are their ancestral lands," Mako translates. I cry for these people and promise the chief I will do what I can to protect ...hem and their precious lands.Our talk is interrupted by Kioko entering the tent. He and the chief have words, then he extends his hand to me. Mako explains there will be a community healing ceremony tonight, necessary after the police incident. Kioko has a special duty to perform in preparation for tonight's ceremony and he wants me to join him. Emptiness in its absolute. That was the idea behind the Void prison. And nowhere was this more evident than the eighth level of the Void prison. The second deepest level of the Void prison.This was boring, unlike the rest of my life. I always considered myself alone but I really hate this loneliness. I don’t know why but the mindless droning of the sheep that was most of this planet’s Untethered was charming in its own rustic way. I wanted someone to ramble something unintelligible so that I. . It must be Parker’s idea, just to demonstrate he belonged here, suggesting he was happy. He could see how his mother might be enchanted by it.He remembered Parker and Kurtz telling him how they thought his mother loved him. Maybe they thought she would pay for him?God, were they in for a disappointment.Even if his mother did have any money left at all, would she ever want to spend it on him? He doubted it, but then, why was she here? And if she did consider paying, would seeing him dressed up. ."Mary grinned ferally, and continued, "Once I got them home to my man trap, Teddy started sprouting serious chicken feathers, so I stuck a beer in his hand and he scooted off to the bathroom." Man trap?" I have a whole mother-in-law apartment over the garage for my bedroom. Big, private, and my folks USED to look the other way if I dragged some poor boy up there." She keeps beer and porn flicks," Nora interjected, "just the thing..." Wow!" Tenisha was impressed."Well, I don't get much male.