How did you... where did you get this?" Emily demanded."Its very good, isn't it, Emily? We've got some people who know how to knock this sort of stuff...up for us. Do you like the tattoo and your birthmark?" But I, I don't understand, how did you know about my birthmark?" Silly girl, remember that massage you had at that conference in Germany. A company perk, you thought. We've got some very nice film of you changing for it as well, or should I say giving us a strip show. You know, several of our. They had things to pack themselves. It was a mistake for me to let them go alone but I didn't realize it until ten minutes later. I heard a commotion from the direction they'd gone and I saw Taachachi running that way. I headed there myself.My first reaction was to mentally curse Denwan but it was actually my fault. I'd let Ceelily and Duweena go off by themselves without thinking a thing about it. Of course they'd come across Ceelily's sister Ceecaysha somewhere and then, as they began. Tom had been waiting for this moment, dropped his invisibility and said in the local Tandra dialect, "I am a Tandra like you and have come here with my friends to help you up the side of the valley and to safety. I am going to lower the shield holding you captive and if my friends are rushed, or you make trouble, I will personally stun you and leave you for the Samutz."Without waiting for their acceptance, he lowered their shield and the Tandra just stood in place. The men helped the larger. They sent Alice a telegram telling her that they were on their way and when to expect them. That night they had a rousing "going home" celebration with sex and talk and sex until the wee hours of the morning. In fact, they woke up with barely time to eat breakfast and make it to the train station on time. The train left at 6:42 AM, only 15 minutes late, which was early for that train, if the truth be told.Annie had compromised on her gun situation. She found that she felt absolutely naked.