"The Director looked at me, "Want to just veg out for a couple of days while the women are in class and instruction?"I smiled at the guy as I knew bet...er.He said, "We need you to do some proficiency check rides in a variety of helicopters. We need you to be able to take over should a pilot become disabled or lost on a mission. We don't anticipate this happening in the near future, but we need to get you started on our proficiency program. If you fly most of the two days, you should be able to. ‘The bathroom’s there, are you hungry or thirsty?’ ‘Yes, I’ll be right back.’ I started a light midnight snack for us, guessing at what she might like. She was a while in the bathroom, but soon reappeared. ‘I… My purse is in my car. I found some tampons in the bathroom. If it’s okay with you.’ ‘Yes of course. They were left behind sometime ago. There are cold drinks in the ‘frig. Take what you would like. Go a head and look around. I know female nature. You will find things that have been left. I got dressed and headed down tot he in house restaurant which has a full bar. The place is busy with mostly yuppies. trying to impress the female yuppies. Either way, it is quite the show. After a while I was enjoying my beer when of all people to be here, My designer Barbara. She says, hello sailor you come here often, often, we both have a good laugh. I told her that I had already given up my old place so I am staying here until YOU finish my new house. We go through the regular small talk,. The inspection tour went well, with 'lord Axos' giving variousclipped orders to his new minions but generally staying aloof andsilent, communicating through glares and snarls. He was introduced tohis higher ranking minions, and showed them what his three componentsconsidered to be the appropriate amount of scorn. Amazingly, other thansome posing and veiled implications there seemed to be no signs that anyof the demons suspected anything was wrong.So far, the plan was working perfectly.***"This.