" What are these tests?" The test of vengeance demands that you right a wrong done our village by another village. It will mean fighting, and perhaps ...illing. It is dangerous."Roja sat on his haunches, listening."The test of endurance means that you walk the line of staves, between two rows of warriors. If you are on your feet at the end, you are accepted." And righteousness?" The test of righteousness is that you spend three days in the cave of the winds and return with a tale of your visions. He needed more information.He again reached out with his mind, looking for a member of the science team assigned to his ship. He tapped on her shield and a moment later she responded. [Good morning, captain. How can I help you?] she asked.[Good morning, Emais. I need all the information you can get me on the state of planet called Earth in the past eleven hundred years or so. Focus on eleven hundred years ago and then move to the present. I want a report on my desk in an hour.][I’ll do my best,. He heard her get up and rummage and get up while he kept up the connection."That's the one she picked it out for him, I'll put that one on him."Brian heard her walk over and lightly put the hat on his head. He opened his eyes and lost the connection with her mind."Hiding the Frankenstein scars from the Lady folk Mom?" he asked with a smile."Well, no need to get her upset again is there? She told us she's not grossed out or anything, she just got upset on how close to dying you were when she saw. She was wet and warm and wonderful. He had never been with a woman so responsive before, someone who matched his passion, someone who desired him as much as he desired her. He suddenly went beyond wanting her. He realized that she was the woman he had been dreaming of without knowing he was dreaming. She was everything he had wished for without knowing he had been wishing. His hands on her hips became insistent, pulling her back against him. Wanting to become a part of her, wanting to lose.