That’s why they blend into each character they play. They’re not acting a role. They’ve become the con-man, even when they’re with family, lov...rs or fellow criminals.”“Besides, if you were perfect, you wouldn’t pester me with this inane chit-chat.”“Hey, what else are we going to do waiting for the rats to flee their nest?”Em held her paper aloft. “Finish my crossword?”Doug laughed. “And how many of those have you finished in all these years? You put in a valiant effort, but you don’t have the. “Oh yes,” Yank said. “Some of the bloodiest and longest duration wars in pre-industrial history were fought over this issue. Catholic versus Protestant. Both are branches of Christianity, which means they believed that Jesus Christ was the son of God and the savior of mankind, but minor differences in the interpretation of the ancient texts that this belief was based upon led to a fundamental branching of the rituals and rules involved in how one was supposed to worship and how one was supposed. They are not his, however.’ ‘No?’ ‘They belong to a woman, a matron of great wisdom and beauty, or so the villagers say. We shall see, Hunter. Perhaps tonight we will pay her a call. Get ready, we’ll leave soon on foot.’ As the young man went, the captain and his king looked at one another in silent communication. Finally, the old man nodded, ‘Whatever you find, we’ll be ready.’ ‘Relax, Piper,’ with his oldest friend, the king’s usually hard visage cracked a little. ‘We’re only going to. By then it was quite late, the bar was closing and it obviously was not the time for what I had hopes for. I walked Sue to her roomette and we kissed goodnight in the passageway. This time there were two tongues which left us both panting and me with a hard erection which pushed hard into her crotch. We broke when we heard the door at the end of the rail car open. We got together for a late breakfast the next morning then a late lunch as we caught each other on all the events of our past.