Yuming clapped for our attention.“Let’s sit down, eat breakfast, and discuss this. I’m guessing it’s the first one?” Yuming picked the sheet...out of her daughter’s hands. “Damn, you’ve only got eight stools too.”“Plenty of room on my lap, Yuming.” Dashawn inched out.“Would that--” She stopped herself and lifted her daughter’s chin. “It’s going to embarrass you. I’m developing feelings for Dashawn. While we’re visiting, we’re going to have to risk embarrassment. It’s not like you have a leg to. For the next 10 minutes or so you are going to be her owner. Tell her to do anything and she will obey you. Let’s have some fun”. Then I turned towards Korin. “You must obey him till I say not to. Don’t disappoint me girl. When Ashley comes back I want to tell her how obedient you were.” She nodded in agreement and replied her usual “Yes master”. But her face gave away the fact that she was not particularly happy about the change in ownership. Nick was really excited. I gave him the ‘go ahead. She was never the kind of woman you think mustsecretly wish she were a man; she was the kind ofwoman that not so secretly wished she could find a manwho was worthy of her. "Dr. J." I said, pouring myselfanother glass a whiskey. "How long have you beenhere?" Long enough to hear you murmuring under the effectsof this." She held the bottle of Estrogenochrome inher velvet-gloved hands."Shit," I said, taking another drink. "My cover'sblown." It was blown years ago," she said. "But don't feeltoo bad.. The bad guys were caught, the bigot was in the brig and we were all soon on our way back to the academy and basic training. Just before I closed my eyes to take a nap, I wondered why Ninio and the others weren’t back, unlike Two Three I was certain over an hour had passed.Interlude 24:Distant Events, Several weeks agoDeep space, minus 270 degrees Celsius, the stars were sparsely seeded in this region of space and these suns were generally very old stars. This near vacuum had not been disturbed,.