"Comme tu veux, " he said, and turning on his heel, strode quickly back across the room and out the balcony door."Wait," I called. "You have to go out...the other door."Silence.I ran to the balcony. He was gone. Thinking he might have fallen or jumped over the railing, I leaned way over and peered through the darkness. Nothing. No movement and no sound. Perplexed, I looked around the balcony for a place he could hide. Nothing.Feeling slightly sick, I darted over to the phone and dialed the front. You were hiding from me, weren’t you, ya bastard?” Chris chuckled as he input the necessary commands into the menu.By the time Chris had finished his task, the rain outside had worsened into a tropical thunderstorm. Chris wasn’t worried, though; he had powerful surge protection for all his electronics plus a backup generator in the event things got rough. He smiled in anticipation as he restarted the game and slipped on the VR helmet. After a moment, he had to turn up the volume to hear the. " Are they a threat," Luther asked when Ben and I fell silent."I don't think so," Ben replied with a shrug of their shoulders, "but they might become one given enough time to fume over what they consider a slight to their manhood. For now they're just complaining amongst themselves." A couple are probably trying to politic right now," I suggested with a hint of distaste in my voice when I said it. "They're going to talk about what they would have done if they'd been in charge instead of us and. And I hope the dog will be able to perform at the main event.”Renzo laughed. “They will all take you more than once. Some twice, three times. If you can take more after all that I’ll bring in one of the ponies.”It was my turn to laugh. “Just the dogs and once will be enough. I’m not a young filly anymore. And I have nine more days ahead of me and my hosts don’t have many hours sight seeing for me on their itinerary.”“They tell me on your last day you’re going to spend it locked up with their.