"Trisha looked at C, then at D. She _wanted_ to believe them. "But...what about when they get out? They'll come looking for me." Trust me - they _won'..._ get out," D said in a deadly serious monotone.C nodded. "The agency has certain...discretionary powers granted by the government. We can ensure they're permanently...neutralized." Again, the sinister words.D nodded. " We need to learn about the technology and to understand it. What's more, we need to find a device while it's still working." He. I didn't agree with thatmentality, but I understood it.I could tell Brett was upset that I pulled him away. While I didn'tdoubt Brett could probably handle most of them, I was secretly hopingthat they would hang themselves. We honestly didn't need any moreattention than we've already had. After the Clint incident him and I hadalready been suspended once, thanks to the zero-policy rule on fighting.The last thing we needed was to get in trouble again for fighting,especially since they were trying. He jumped off his horse and lifted me down. I felt weightless in his arms. We glanced at each other for a brief moment then shyly turned away. We walked in and his dog, Rex greeted us both with a wag of his shaggy tail. He started licking my legs. I giggled. "Rex, be a good boy!" Curly scolded him and smiled at me."Raven, you hungry?" "Yes, I am, famished"I said. "Beef stew and hot coffee comin' up!" Great" I said and before you could shake a lamb's tail, we were both sitting at his little. Consequently, although I maintained casual sexual relations with nearly every man, and many women, of the village, very few of these were publicly known. I even had to hide the carnal nature of my relationship with Macaque and Dignity with whom I shared a hut.’ Ivory sniffed, though she wasn’t sure whether it was because she disapproved of her lover’s troilism or because she was envious. She just didn’t understand why Glade couldn’t be content with the love of just one good woman. Why did she.