“They’d have to smuggle the ammo past the gate! Can’t have had time to load it all!”Mander turned to her and used sign language, which, being ... language, Helen understood.“That thing can get up to about 55 kph.” He signed to her as they speed-walked up the stairs to his bag. “And they won’t be using that machine gun again. She’ll outrun it Bob’s Yer Uncle.”“No!” Helen shouted a little less as the ringing started to decrease. “Maria won’t endanger The People! She’ll try to do what Vincenzo would. I wanted to go deeper into the cave for a couple of reasons. I led the way from chamber to chamber, marking the way with luminous paint every 10-15 feet. When we finally came to a chamber of reasonable size, I had my group halt while I explained the next phase of the operation.“What I have in mind is a bedroom for each family, a place for personal hygiene that I will explain when we get to that, and a combination of kitchen and meeting room. Here, I will use some of this paint to mark on the. But what I’m asking you to do is keep the policies in line with my philosophy.”“I don’t think he’s going to sign off on policies that let you bang the staff!”“Me either,” I chuckled. “But you know what I meant. You know the ethos here, or «kami», as I call it, and you’ve written quite a few policies for Keri, Elyse, and me. You’ll have to sign off on anything Bob wants to implement. Nudge him the right direction. If he does something you truly feel undermines the ethos, talk to Elyse. She can. Whish ... THWACK!'Why do I bother?' he thought, 'She isn't worth it. I should just sell her.'With that he passed the whip to the eunuch with a curt, "Three more strokes."The eunuch waited until his master was out of the room and then bent close to the girl's ear to whisper, "Three choices. This person, whom you called an ignorant nigger the other day has three choices of where to strike you. Being ignorant, I may take some time to decide where to strike. Shall I take both nipples with one blow,.