She was truly fascinating."So, she asked, what's happened in your life since then?" Not wanting to turn her off to me and not being extremely proud of...some of my choices in life, I gave her the bare minimum of facts. That I had, after high school, I had gone to UCLA, graduated with a degree in business, had worked in sales in California, until I was promoted to my present position as a senior account representative."So, I said, enough about me I'm really interested to hear about you!" "All. Had I just agreed about a crass remark about another soldier? To a superior officer no less? I’d fallen on my face at the start. My career was over. Worse yet, she’d be entitled to recompense for my insult. I’d be poor and on the street.As my mind reeled in potential endings, I heard the Legate laugh. A harsh pat on my shoulder drew my eyes up. The Legate’s sharp teeth appeared behind his wide grin. He chuckled and looked out the mirror, “Twilight is the ‘City of Three Masks’. Have you ever. ‘Um, I’m Caleb,’ he found himself saying, trying to initiate conversation, but her head remained bowed, the lovely, pale skin at her collar intriguing him. He wanted her to look up so he could see how she looked like, but he didn’t know if it would be rude to ask her to do so. ‘Isn’t it a little late for you to be out her alone?’ he blurted when she didn’t give him her name in return for his. He thought he heard her laugh slightly, her head turning imperceptibly towards the pond. ‘Yes. I. It was well after ten at night now and we have been at this wedding more than twelve hours with drink flowing for at least ten of them. I danced with Susan the mother in law thinking about her lilac suspenders and knickers, dancing close sometimes and rubbing myself against her.We got back to our table when the wife said she had a migraine coming on and was going to go up to our room to lie down. Susan her mother went up with her and returned twenty minutes later with more drinks.“I don’t.