Cadence, however, used the opportunity to discuss being a companion with a man who had many years' experience before being stranded during the slaver ...ars.Eventually, as we drank tea and ate sweet dumplings, Chang turned to me and as was inevitable, asked me about my mission."Twins? I didn't know Cassandran women came in twins. I'll bet they are descended from a hero," he said."That is what we were told. They have some celebrity status on Cassandra and it is hoped that they will conceive twins.. "Yes it's fascinating that they are much moresensitised to pain than pleasure. Almost as if Mother Nature washanding us another mechanism for control. There's an old expression"hold a man by the balls, and his heart and mind will follow"."I like that too," concluded Georgie. "An instrument for control bywomen, not repression by men." With a final squeeze, she let go. As Igrunted at the pain, Georgie looked me in the face, her black eyesdancing with mischief. "You may go. Do your chores. But. Three days later Nick and Sally flew to the Maldives where they spent a blissful ten days. By the time they returned they were, if that were possible, even more deeply in love.The following spring Sally rather shyly asked Nick whether they were going to start trying to have a baby in June or July."It's really a question of whether I ought to be considering coming off the pill," she said."Whenever you're ready, Puss. If you are going to we ought to start looking for a bigger house and it could. “In the meantime look into supporting the enemies of this Empire’s allies more openly.”“By your command, Elders,” Hooreek snapped off a salute and left, relieved to simply be alive.“The Raffagee have pulled out of and taken all their defensive equipment from the dead area.” We were informed by the Captain of the Gentle Breeze via the ship’s AI.“Wonder if we can track them?” Hiqua mused out loud.“I suspect we’ll try, but jump drive ships are not easy to track out of the system if they jump.