They were rules established by illiterate sheep herders whose lives were a daily struggle for their very existence. But the times have changed, Andrew... Man’s numbers now exceed 6 billion. We live on every continent, in every nook and cranny of the earth. Our dominion over the land and the beasts has become a burden on the world. The times have changed, but sapiens have not. Sapiens are the products of their evolution and they no longer fit into the world that they themselves have created.. "We have news about Jason."I could hear the surprised. "Has he been found? It sounds like good news." No, we haven't found him, but I think we are closer," I gushed. "There is an investigator here from a law firm. I guess brother inherited some money. But he said that Jason is working at a resort on the east coast at last report. Can we tell the investigators to concentrate there?"Father seemed to be confused. "Slow down there Rebecca. All I understood was that some investigator came by looking. Be careful how you answer; remember you are now a girl and you should have a girlie color." I like Pink," I said reluctantly and with some trepidation."What shade of pink?" Hot Pink?" I said more like a question than a statement."Is that a question or an answer?" I like hot pink" I said for it was my only safe choice."I am glad to hear that, Joannie. That's exactly what I thought you would say."With that Dana quickly pulled back the tarp and revealed a couple of gallons of paint as well as a. There is the riding crop.There are the two floggers: one short and red and stingy, one long andblack and thuddy. There is the dreaded single tail. And there is theone she cannot think about. She remembers what the judge said:"Estella Warren, you have been found guilty of being a fertile humanfemale. The sentence is death. In addition, your crime features thespecial circumstance of extreme physical beauty. I therefore sentenceyou to be whipped to death in a procedure which shall last not.