It's not often that I get to torture a little man.I lift my foot, turn it a bit to the left and stamp it down hard. The SMACK sound it makes on the fl...or is accompanied by a puff of air that causes bits of dirt and lint to blow across you. I lift, twist, and stamp my foot to the other side of you. It slams into the floor so closely that you feel it brush your arm. Again the puff of air carries dust and lint across you, filling your nose and causing you to sneeze. Your watery eyes make it. Chrissie was understudying another soprano, so although Simon required her to rehearse, he did permit her to take time out. The young people would be performing Friday and Saturday evenings at the Guildhall.Anh welcomed her warmly and lost no time in getting down to business. She had Chrissie describe her life from her earliest recollection; it took some time. Chrissie, understandably, dwelt on the death of her parents but skated over the abuse from her uncle and the just under two years as an. I wondered why I had felt this odd twitching. The Samutz had regularly tried to get into the system. This had necessitated the continual production of missiles, mines and other passive weapons.When I called for the screen to display the interior of the base I found Tandra running around putting clean clothing on and trying to make the place as presentable as possible. The AI gave data on all the presently awake Tandra and even the ones still in stasis. There was very little wrong but I knew. Candy had an idea for a way to have a little fun with this pretty boy. "That was much better Cheryl but unfortunately, we don't have any change." Candy winked at Phoebe. "But we know where a phone is that you can use for free." Phoebe didn't know what the wink meant but she would go along with Candy. They both had change in their purses so she must have something in mind. Wayne didn't see the wink. In his own voice he stared to thank the girl. "I really . . . " Again, Candy interrupted him..