Fitzwilliam had to cut his thoughts short, as Thomson had abruptly halted in front of a thick metal door with a darkly tinted window. “Here’s the ...allway to the preparation room. Only prospective and paying customers proceed from here.”The prospective customer nodded, and Thomson opened the door for Fitzwilliam to shuffle hesitantly down the corridor. He heard the door close stiffly behind him, but he continued on to another door.A voice from his left said, “Sorry, you can’t go into the room,. Without aclock in the room it was difficult to tell what time it was, but Ireckoned by that point it must be close to, if not past midnight. I hadheard Deborah head off to bed over an hour ago, and the house had beensilent since. I needed to make my move.As quietly as I could, I slipped out of bed and tip toed toward the door.I slowly turned the handle and opened it a crack to look out onto thelanding. All seemed quiet. I quietly shut the door again to decide whatto do. I knew I needed to sneak. Still other problems, other than night-goers, threatened this part of the river. Here near the island, at the conjunction of several small rivers and streams, the north bank was ominously near the tall foothills of the northern barrier mountains, being perhaps, at most, only a day or two of travel away. These northern mountains most certainly contained fierce tribes of Boar-Men and other monstrous creatures of fame and legend, as well. Settlements had been attempted on the north bank of the. ”“Really?”“Yep, so its cool.”More walking. More silence.“I just learned about it a little while ago.”“Yea your dad talk to you about it or learn it from a friend?”“My dad! No way. My friend Kevin told me about it.”“Where did learn about it?”“He saw his brother.”“How did he see that?”“I dunno. He peeked I think”More walking. More silence.“So did he show you or tell you about it?”“He told me.’“Cool. Its normal dude. Feels good eh?”“Yea it does.”I told him it was called masturbation or.