“But Coach, he’s ruining my perfect season, and these guys are letting him do it,” the star running back screamed in front of his coach but real...y at his teammates.“No, Son. You are ruining your perfect season!”Rodney again looked like the man had just slapped him across the face. The confusion was readily apparent, and Coach Baker hoped he would be able to get to the young man.“Rodney, you are a very talented young man. Without a doubt, you have all the tools to become a very successful person. Now, so cowed did she have him, he was afraid to show even the slightest sign of reproach for her behaviour.Let alone voice it.How had she reduced him to this? Each day saw him in a state of rut; following her about the apartment as she supervised Tapani - the rather plain little girl she had hired as a live-in servant.This habit of dogging her footsteps had swiftly ingrained itself as a compulsion and he found himself unable to prevent himself doing so even when the plain little servant girl. Just before they pulled the triggers, they simply ... vanished."Tsk, tsk. Now you've lost five men. I wouldn't suggest you try that again. It's an awful waste of good men. Besides, don't you want to see my ... what did you call it ... show of force?" Show, then," she snarled.A large holographic image filled the room. It showed the Qerda ships in space around the flagship."The ship at the end of the fleet, all by itself there ... what's wrong with it?" Nothing. There's nothing wrong with it."The. "It's a drug. It's illegal for students to drink alcohol. Does the school have a policy regarding beer and hard liquor?" We treat alcohol like we treat marijuana," Tom said."Orville classifies cigarettes as a drug," I said."Smoking on school grounds will get a student suspended," Tom said.I chuckled. "Is that why crowds gather across the street from the school between classes?" Yes, and some of the smoke coming from their mouths is from burning marijuana, not cigarettes," Tom said.I nodded..