Obvious, isn?t it? Discardedconcubines are made to dance." Does it mean I could be hanged? "No darling, you still don?t understand. Not just'could'. Y...u will be hanged. Once he gets tired of you ? and he will ? up yougo! Just like that." Desi gasped in horror but the Voice continued, relentlessly,mercilessly. "By the way, do you realize how close you came today to beinghanged? Remember how the Emperor offered Kara a position of concubine? If she?daccepted, he would?ve had no reason to keep you. Then she waited in her self-imposed blindness, getting wetter and wetter betweenher thighs, for the timer-controlled radio signal that would switch on themagnets in her cuffs. When, after only a brief interval, she heard the fainthum of the electromagnets, and felt the tiny movement as steel plates alignedthemselves to cling immovably together, she climaxed with a groan of delightbefore standing, trembling in remembered ecstasy, for several minutes. But there was no time to lose - the more so. I asked how long we’ve been here. He just assured me now one could see in. We couldn’t help but to bust out laughing as we looked for our clothes and put them back on. He handed me what was left in the bottle along with the flutes and we walked out to the stand. This place was old school – regulars, foot-long, chili dogs. I told him I wanted some onion rings, but he insisted on fries. I found out why. He slipped one into his mouth and guided the other end onto my lips and we ate it slowly until. Seven other planets inhabit the solar system, although these other planets are currently uninhabitable. For the moment, they provide plentiful commodities to fuel Lore's rapid growth - with large terraforming operations planned for the future.The total population numbers one hundred and fifty million. Compared to the massive central planets, some with populations over one hundred billion, Lore is tiny, and little known. However, despite Lore's size and remoteness, its people are diverse in.