He perceived them as higher entities of near-infinite power and wisdom. That was where he truly belonged -- in the realm of the spirit.Escape. The tho...ght had obsessed him for all the years of his childhood. Through long, hard winters of being a misfit, of taunting and torture by playmates and acquaintances. Through endless years of being misunderstood by adults and forced to live by rules that made no sense to him.He grew up and the dreams faded. College, a job, getting married, a home and a. .. since Sharon left." Who is Sharon?" Jennifer asked as Shelly placed her head back on her shoulder."She... she was... sob... a friend... sob... a friend of my mothers," Shelly said, her sobs making it difficult to talk. "She taught me to... to... you know, do what I did to you." Oh!" Jennifer said with understanding."She was a lot older... older than my mother even," Shelly said, wiping her eyes with her sleeve. "I... I loved her and she went off with someone else." I'm so sorry," Jennifer. ' she re-read it several times. Of course he couldn't say much because it might pass through the censor's office. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad. If he'd been taken prisoner at least she'd know he was safe. 'Rejoining his ship, ' means he'll be going back up to fight.On the train, coming into London she'd seen the blackened skeleton of a crashed airship in a field. She'd heard the excited talk in the carriage and someone clapped. She'd held back her tears then but now she. They say that money is the root of all evil. That would make contractualagreements a wellspring of most iniquity. Hope read the letter and wasecstatic. Her Master felt more apt to perform due diligence. I would never presume to understand the heart or mind of a woman.Still Hope's Master was completely blindsided by how events turned out.Why a woman who would allow herself to be whipped, chained, pierced, tattooed,shared, used and yes abused in every imaginable and a few unimaginableways.