But I hesitate to throw myself into a conflict where there is no odds of me winning. You remember the joke that Mr. Bowman, the math teacher used to m...ke about lotteries being a tax on people who are bad at math? Well let me say that right now the people who are out learning the lessons that are necessary for humanity to fight the Sa'arm successfully are facing nearly as high odds and they are not going to win anything except another chance to fight the Sa'arm every time they succeed in. I watched the plane take off, which in effect stranded me with the EVE unit. If the shit went rank and we survived, it would be a long walk home. The extraction plan had better work, or Deacon Burke would be the first one I killed, when I got home.In the meantime we had a five mile walk through the jungle just to get within sight of the town. Then another ten miles to the hacienda. We were at the edge of the town by noon. I backed us away from the village but followed the road closely."Okay. She had only written seven hundred andfifty-one sentences, too. (There had been a few more, but Fenton had ripped up one pagebecause he thought it was sloppy.)"Fenton, you have lots of experience in the S&M community...it would be a greatidea." Prattsie smiled. "And I pay well." Fenton shook his head. "Jesus, you look like aschoolmarm these days..." It was true. Prattsie, "Miss Pratt" to her submissives, had tiedback her long hair in a bun, and wore a starched long dress now. She had the whole. I said it before, and I’ll say it again: This woman is utterly perfect.” Then Penny raised an eyebrow and asked, “How’s your love life?”“Pretty good, I think.”“What do you mean, ‘you think’?”“I’ve only been married for a little over a month,” Kim replied, “and Brad’s the only man I’ve ever been with.”“Are you trying to tell me you were a virgin until just a few weeks ago?”Kim just slowly nodded her head while looking sheepish.“How long were you making love last night?” Penny pursued.“A couple.