”Ren and I packed our belongings, and we went together on our way.A tenday later, Ren and I arrived at my village. He has traveled with me as I comp...eted my errand and returned home. As we went along, he would tell me stories of our ancestors, of great heroes, and of evil villains. He was a wonderful cook, although he seemed to carry much more than his small pack would be able to hold. We passed other people on the road, and we heard that three brigands had been killed along the forest road. " You mean they're lesbians?" she asked, seeming surprised but not shocked."No, they're human beings, very lucky ones. You see, wise people enjoy sex in all the forms they find. A woman can enjoy sex with a man, then move from that to sex with another female." But... but Sharon is so young. She's only thirteen." True, but Mary reasoned that sooner or later it would happen to Sharon, she'd be introduced to sex by someone. She reasoned it's better for the girl--and I agree--to learn sex from. The fascination had turned to horror when the church and all the buildings surrounding it went up in flames. The townspeople had paid exorbitant taxes to acquire the slaves that had built the structures. Most of their food came from the farms that existed on the grounds.Three men could be seen walking in front of the flames – striding purposefully down the hill toward Blue Harbor. The last remaining members of the city’s guard were bound hand and foot in the city square. Only a dozen of the 80. Every one of his fingers were broken and his hands had been crushed. His left arm was broken above and below the elbow and the bones of his right arm stuck out of his skin near his wrist. At the point where the bone extruded through the skin, the flesh and blood were black where rot had set in. One of his feet dangled where the ankle had been crushed while all of the toes of the other had been cut off. The man’s jaw hung where it had been carefully broken on both sides of his face and his teeth.