“For disguise ... it should suffice”. Zax had to admit that his expectations were unreasonable.“It would. You don’t use mist energy to conceal...your true self, so there aren’t fluctuation. As long as your blood isn’t being matched, not even those from the Martial competition’s top ten who were recruited by Luminous Church or Beatriz, who know you face, will be able to recognize you”.“I suppose. But it will take me a long time to master it to a satisfactory level. Half a year, if I won’t let. .. had happened, I had no call to use obscenity and four-letter words like that." That's okay," she said, her eyes searching my face for a clue as to what I was thinking. I shook my head."No... I'm embarrassed when I remember the way I acted that day, Sherrie. Mom and Dad didn't raise me to talk like that. Mom would've boxed my ears good for that kind of language." Well, it's long past and... you did have some awful strong provocation... Ron," she said softly. It was her turn to blush at the. “You want me, too?”“Of course I do.”“That’s good, because Shayla and Jason have both said they have an enthusiastic desire for us to be intimate with each other.”“So, you’re staying?” he asked.“I think I am. Working out the details of moving here from my own apartment.”“And you love me?”She nodded. “As Jason loves Shayla, so I love you.”“That’s wonderful,” he responded. “I’m about fifteen minutes away from loving you as my wife loves your intended.” He leaned over and kissed her temple. “Now,. The real power is held by their ruling Senate, who are appointed, not elected, by the Supreme Ruler. They are hostile to outside approaches and intrusions into the Autarchy. The Senate is headed by the Supreme Ruler of whom little is known, save only that her word is law. They are however not expansive and maintain good relations with the Empire so long as we mind our own business. Trade is in manufactured goods in exchange for purified metals and minerals which are the basis for current.