Surrounding him were a small number of his sycophantic supporters. Without pausing, the Emir strode up to the dais and mounted it.Turning to the assem...led courtiers he said, "I have been away for some weeks. In that short time have you forgotten how to greet your Emir when he enters a room?"Most of those in the room made some form of shamefaced obeisance."Take the Crown Prince to the Ruby Palace," was the next command."Perhaps the new Emir does not wish to go?" suggested on of the young louts. David Camden, the lieutenant, had only been three days out of OCS when the Fuzzies landed, and he'd acquitted himself well in the face of danger. He'd been hoping to continue on to med school after his commission and become a doctor, but the aliens had other ideas about his future. Strange that this time last year he'd been at a kegger at his frat party, wondering whether or not he was going to get lucky with Stacey Kramer. Now he was eating canned meat off of a knife blade wondering if some. Interesting a notion, it was not what I had in mind.” He looked faintly regretful, but gravely serious.“All right,” she sighed, as she kicked up her pumped and unfastened her trousers.It was cramped in the little pod, and she knocked in to her husband a couple of time, but in the end she managed to remove the trousers.“Now what?” She shivered as the cool air hit her bare legs, and the metal of the pod chilled her bare feet.“This will be your chair, so come and sit in it for me, for a minute.”He. I had somany conflicting emotions. This woman was the reason that Dad had left.Honestly, she didn't seem all that much older than I was myself. She hada certain naivet?' about her. It was as if she was a pawn in my father'stwisted game. But for what she'd done to our home, I could have likedher. Still I said nothing by way of reply and followed them out to theparking lot. Doreen (that was her name) seemed genuinely happy that Iwas there. Maybe this visit wouldn't be so horrible after all.We.