When I gave my official report on last night's raid in the briefing room, there was no one laughing at all. A few people looked at me like maybe blood...loss had damaged my ol' noggin, but quite a few came up to me afterwards to quietly ask what I thought we could do to put an end to this. A lot of them had helped to clean up the mess last night and they want payback. I took down the names of those who are willing to help us out and I'll text those over to you in a bit. We have nineteen so. Frissa's office was next to Krinan's, and mine was across the hall from Frissa's."While Krinan was the oldest, and I was the youngest of the threesome (having just received my ipse), Frissa was widely thought of as the most brilliant. Her inventive theories about ancient society had led to much acclaim by her peers."Anyway, it was a cool day, just a few days after the monsoon season, when Frissa came running into Krinan's cramped office, with a rolled up map in her hands. I was not there at the. ” I pressed my palms into the sides of her breasts. She sucked in her breath and pushed out her chest.“I would like to try. Please, can we try just a little more?”“Are you sure? I would love to get to know you in ways few men have. But you may think it too intimate when I only think of it as a way to clear the obstacles that prevent us from becoming truly bonded friends.“Please, Mark. I want you. I mean, I want to try and bond and be friends.”Like I said before, she could lose a little weight,. ." No Ezra. Don't," Lydia said, her eyes wide and tears streaming from it. "I won't have you doing that." Doing what?" Ezra said with a wry smile."Beating him up," Lydia replied quickly. "I know what you are like Ezra. I don't want you too." I can 'ave him, he's just front. Don't worry 'bout me."Lydia waved her finger at him and stared. "No. I won't have people fighting over me." Ezra shrugged, and Lydia stared at him. "I mean it. Promise me, Ezra." What's the point? No-one trusts my promises,".