It didn’t matter to me at the time, but I was still dressed, and actually quite warm.Its surprising how adrenalin warms you up.I could see that the ...opes were tied correctly, and all I had to do now, was climb the ladder, put my hands through the loops, and kick the ladder away.I would be suspended six feet off the ground, my arms pulled wide and out, and with no release plan. Seventeen hours of that, in freezing weather conditions.What I hadn’t heard on the radio, was the full forecast. That. “Albert is a pimp and doesn’t care what one calls it. Is that correct Albert?”“Yeah,” the man said eying Sally, “You sells pussy, you a pimp. Good to see you in the flesh girl. Been watching you strut your stuff on the TV. Hope you is as good as you look.”“I am,” Sally said, and immediately blushed. Where on earth did that come from?“We’ll see ‘bout that won’t we?” the man said grinning. “We’ll just see.”“Be that as it may,” Sam said steering her toward another man who was leaning against the. To my utter surprise, she started dancing: arms graceful, legs quick and skilled. She stopped, the look in her eyes eager for approval. I stood up and embraced her, whispering in her ear how wonderful she was at something so very few can accomplish. She hugged tighter, and I pulled my head away to look in her bright eyes. She was lit up, biting her lower lip, her eyebrow twitched, and she smiled wide. Her lips pressed in once again, and tasted like the vanilla lip balm she seemed to invest in.. “Imagine what she’ll be when she’s twenty.”“But...” the doctor began as the big holo screen came on showing the grounds of the Retreat. Before anyone could comment, the scene changed as Ship, at an enormous velocity, streaked for space, the screen now showing much of the world below them. Before they could fully fathom what had just happened, they were on the way down, but slowed as the great doors slowly opened, and Ship eased into the giant underground hanger. There had been no sensation of.