"Let me go over a few things first though. The Confederacy has rules, rules you must follow. Please follow them. One of the most important is to never...physically attack or strike a sponsor, even in self defense. It is a capital crime. If something happens, no matter-what it is, go with the flow and cooperate. Tell me as soon as you can and I will deal with it. The AI is omnipresent on the ship, ask it for help if you get into trouble." AI, I grant all my concubines entry access privileges to. After all we still slept in the same bed together, and I could not resist his half naked body at six in the morning. So I convinced him to make love for old time sake. Oh, I was nice and polite too, I didn't mention the five credit card bills, those four naughty words, or the three dirty French ones. I did tell him his two black eyes looked better, and had second thoughts about the divorce decree, until he told me I looked like I was putting on too much weight.On the seventh day of Christmas, A. Hopper was an excellent pilot and had cut his teeth on the Hughes. I went up with him in the Hughes to get a lay of the land and get the orientation of the map. We ended up zipping down the canyons and rubbing the hilltops as he flew NOE for the entire flight. I'm sure he tried to get me sick because everytime I would look down at the map he would do a pop up that made my stomach sink to my boots.I kept a straight face and just acted like nothing happened. After an hour of these antics, we. Whoever was gunning for me was doing it slowly. If they wanted me dead, they could have shot me in the back right there instead of using clubs.Moona had shown me the colorful temple of the Chuckians, with huge stained glass windows depicting Chuck, a colorful character in various situations welcoming face painted beings into a colorful paradise. I could not relax and kept an eye on everything, wondering who was not a pilgrim, tourist or local Chuckian. Of course, there were other means of.