"Sue said, "Figure a way we can get a royalty so we can show our people that profits are going into their 401K plans. They might come up with some mor... tools."Star said, "I'll send a note to Tiny."Bart asked, "Does everyone here work for you?"I said, "No, not all. Most do because we share that as more common ground. You met Charlie this morning, he doesn't, and Hannah's husband doesn't either. See that cop over there, she doesn't."Mickey turned toward me with a scowl, "I'm not a cop, I'm a. Her surroundings were still indistinct, so she created them with another thought. The front room of her home sprang into being around her. She sat on her couch and examined the wiry old man.Now that she was clothed and on her home turf, she could think. Shemhazau hadn’t been sealed into a blade, but into a pearled gem. When her father fought the Outsider, he destroyed the blade, but the hilt had remained. Shemhazau must have survived in the gem, unbeknownst to her father.Hadn’t Marchosias. .. doesn’t it feel weird that John is sleeping with your mother?”Tashana smiled in understanding. “The Maliri outlook towards coupling with a male is quite different to Terran culture. The males are outnumbered twenty-to-one, so a certain sense of ... practicality ... is called for among the females of our species. It’s not uncommon for a male to bed sisters from the same House or a matriarch and her daughter ... though not at the same time.”“So you really don’t feel the slightest hint of. "***"Anything going on in the studio today?" Dan asked Hendrik while they werehaving breakfast."Yes. We're filming a twink movie with a couple of cute blonds and a blackguy," replied Henrik. "Would you like to see some of it?" Could I see it too?" Blake asked."I'm not sure that's legal," said Hendrik. Then he smiled and said, "Isuppose we could sneak you in if you promise to stay quiet." You want to watch a threesome, eh?" Dan winked at Blake who blushedslightly as he thought about what he had.