Earth, the crèche of human life, still wallows in the broad abyss of Shadowlands and you never lift a finger to ease their condition. If we are extor...ionists, then we are mere neophytes compared to you and your rape of the Imperium." Lies," the man said but Benni cut him off."Facts that are proven and are being broadcast now, just as our conversation is now being broadcast," Benni said.The screen cut out and went blank. Benni's head sagged. Qi jumped around the chair and whipped out an inhaler.. Looking directly into her watery eyes, he said simply, "You have been duly convicted of all charges, including the charge of terrorism."Her lawyer now began to speak. "Fighting terrorism for the past decades has been very expensive," he said slowly. "The budgets of federal, state, and local governments have all been badly drained. Everyone is looking for ways to save money and still provide all the security that people demand. You can't cut defense while you are effectively in the middle of a. And byproperty" I mean exactly that: my Mistress owns me,body and soul, and has the total right of ownership to do with me just as shepleases... and what she pleases, I'm only too grateful to say, is everythingI could wish for! I want to stress, here and now, that I submitted myself into this slaveryto my Mistress willingly , and with full knowledge of whatit meant: in fact, it was I who asked my Mistress to take me as her full-time,total and unconditional slave -- although I know she'd been. The professor quickly went over what we covered last class, and I was surprised to find I actually understood the content. But as soon as he started going into a new topic, I lost my grip. I had just wrapped my head around what everyone else had already known, and we jump right into something different. It didn't seem fair.My off time wasn't much better.After trying a few exercises the professor had given us, and understanding NONE of them by the way, I decided to take a walk around campus to.