He wasn’t wearing a blindfold this time, so she couldn’t just let them show.From her seat at the table, Susan winced at how tenderly he settled on...o his pillow as he took his own seat.Not surprising, considering the pegging and whipping he’d endured.She’d left after he’d been released from his bondage, curled up on the bathroom floor, the shower already running to sluice off the urine he’d been covered in, some of it his own, but most of it not.His time in restraints had seemed endless to her,. Sheeesh! That was one trip that wasn't worth the effort. Where did all the crooks go? They sure as hell weren't where we were. Oh, well, now that we were back in Oklahoma, we could look to better times. A new set of wanted posters was what it took to pick up our spirits, so we were happy and full of ginger.Our plan this year was to work our way north through the Oklahoma panhandle 'til we came to the Kansas border. We figured to cross over into Kansas to pick up wanted posters and then drop. The nice cold water from our skins helped settle the meal quite nicely, though a thought popped into my head.After swallowing a gulp off cool water, I turned to Amenthia and asked, “how is it we can rest here without being attacked?”Amenthia laughed and replied, “There are zones in each level that allow adventurers to rest and recuperate, referred to as a safe zone. That is one of the few reprieves that they give us, and the zones become less frequent as we get into higher floors. If you were. “You mean we trudged through miles of Rask shit for nothing?”“Our new orders are to return to the temporary FOB that the boys in blue set up outside the city and await reassignment,” he added. “As far as the Rask are supposed to know, we were never here, so it looks like we’re walking back.”Petrova sighed, Stevens giving her a nudge with his elbow.“Come on, it ain’t like your legs are gonna get tired.”“Move out,” Brenner said, waving them back down the tunnel. “Let’s not spend any more time.