" I can tell the healers are not up to getting in the middle of the combat. I can cope with that, so I say, "I will bring back anyone who has fallen, ...ou patch them up. if they can't make it back out on their own, hand them a gun and let them defend you along with the Amazons."Pollux starts rocking "Oh Goddess."I glance up at Diana for help she shrugs her shoulders helplessly. I guess I am on my own. I kneel down by Pollux and touch his arm. I don't need to see very deep into him to know that. His dexterity was pushed nearly to the breaking point, evading the numerous swinging weights as he walked a small board across an open pit. He made it across the chasm into the waiting arms of Syrena. She eased him to the floor and held him gently. She was impressed by the abilities demonstrated thus far."General?" One of her guard spoke."Take him to one of the holding cells. Let him rest and feed him. After he has recovered, bring him to me." Yes General." Two of the guard saluted and dragged. “Well, not wholesale genocide, no, nor like the Klan did with Jews, blacks, etc. But they are stringing up capitalists, bankers, etc. They’re another kind of revolutionary socialist regime, albeit not as doctrinaire or insane as the Reds up North. They seem to be more about some kind of council-communism or whatever.“White people are allowed to exist and participate, but only if vouched for as good leftists and revolutionaries rather than capitalists. And small business is still permitted,. We remained frozen like that for a couple of seconds.Then I kissed her.Just lightly, on the lips. Fairly chastely, I thought.I kissed her again, a little more forcefully, seeking out each full lip.But now her eyes had gone round like saucers, her hands came up between us, and she tried to fend me off with a hard shove. Except I was still jammed against the bookshelves, and had my arms around her.Her arms relaxed for a bit, and I felt her lips soften too. The tip of my tongue flickered along the.