I mused and wondered if there were even more like us and them in this room.One of the giants spoke. “We are aware of this but our size restricts us ...o few species we can portray. It is however pleasant to meet you once again, Dimon Honsu. We would not agree to meet anyone else.”So the Half Dai had a name.Shea flashed a message over my retina display and it read. “Intel report on Damon Honsu is very sparse, but biometric analysis suggests he is half Dai and half Asian Human. According to our. He did not go easy on her."Don't you ever drive that truck again without having a driver's license, or without my permission," he warned. "I don't want you to ever put yourself in that kind of danger again, just for a lousy cigarette," he whipped her a few more times for emphasis. "And when I find out how much this ticket is going to cost, we might be doing this all over again."She cringed and sobbed profusely. After awhile, the backs of her thighs and her bottom were raw from the stripes left. ”She broke down again as we held each other under the constant rain of hot water. We ended up just cuddled on the floor as the warm water from the large rain shower head came down on us. This was the second time that I had not been there for Erin at an important time in our lives. The first was during my Houston incident when she had Penelope and Paula and now the loss of our first child. I swore to myself to never do this to her again.We must have been there for a very long time, when suddenly. “In truth, it is very far. It will not take four months on a ship but it would be half that amount easily. They are west of us: Grunveld, Alicand and Lotatia are probably what you consider the Northern Lands. We have little contact with them. They are relatively poor in resources and have met our overtures with hostility. We are not quite enemies but certainly we are not friends.”“May I inquire as to why you made the journey to Azkoval?” Elena asked as they settled into the room Octavia had.