? Steve felt her shake as he stood her upbefore him. ?Slave, look at me.? I am notupset with you.? I understand why youwould have nightmares after wh...t happened to you. What does concern me is howit will affect your training.? Lisa tried to comprehend the fact that he wasn?tangry but was worried about her training.?? I know you don?t know what I mean but believe me it is very importantthat you complete your training? Lisa could sense the importance of what he wassaying and felt the tension in. There's something faintly embarrassing about waiting for him to finish. The sweet, ropy stink of hashish filters in and hangs in the still air. Everyone notices but no one cares. It's just one more secret the night doesn't mean to give up.The waiter goes back inside with merciful efficiency."And what would you need rescuing from?" she finally asks.Turner smiles and silently watches her fingers play with the little white ear of the demitasse cup. He steps up to and then hovers on the verge of. Rather than finding ourselves 2 days out from Delios VI, where we had been before, we were now someplace else quite entirely ... and none too gently placed there.We awoke in near darkness and with the deep feeling of unwellness and unease that suggested that we had all been unconscious for a good couple of days.I hurt every place it was possible to hurt and didn't feel at all myself. A good look myself revealed that I was starting to grow some all-over orange body hair and was exhibiting some. At one point,I stopped in the middle of a block, looking back and forth up and downthe street for my car. A couple walked by, and I cuaght the guyeyballing me. Then, the woman reacted with a tight-lipped glare. I stoodmotionless a few seconds, staring out at the street, feeling a rush gothrough me about what had just happened. I'd been out quite a lotdressed, and I can look pretty good, with my long legs, thin figure, andcute face, yet, I'm still never completely passable, so I'm accustomed.