Let me feel your lips upon my neck as though it were for the first time... Make love to me, my dearest Miri. Please, show me what I missed out on that...day. Don't make me wait another half a year to find out..."All that Miranda could do, was press her lips against Misty's as her arms went about her beloved in a futile attempt to express her love, and to pour her passion into her lover."Show me," whispered Misty breathlessly, her head leaning back against Miranda's shoulder once more, her hands. They included the names of those that had been on the original monument and those Humans destroyed on Human Earth, along with those names of the MQ, and other Alliance species that happened to be on the planet at the time.Very few members of the Alliance had full knowledge of how many had perished in the destruction of Human Earth, along with those that had brought about the annihilation of the planet of Evil. The count was in the neighborhood of several hundred billions, but each of them was. The boss showed up within the specified 15 minutes and answered when I called him. I had gotten his name from the records on Utor, so he was impressed that I knew who I was talking to. Anyway, I told him that we were from Earth, and were the ones who had interfered with the delivery of ethyl alcohol to his facility. I also reminded him that we were just back from a trip to Utor so he could not expect any backing from there.This was his introduction to the advantages of the Lurie Drive and the. Since the death of the television commentators was instantaneous and sometimes observable on-air by millions, the clear connection between war-advocacy and “punishment” was established for all the world to see.The war threat blew over, with only a few dozen people’s lives required to be sacrificed.Well, I felt sort of bad, basing these people’s death sentence on mere advocacy of a political position; but, hey, the stakes were high and my cause was just!It had occurred to me from time to time.