At the beginning, the numbers are simple but they get harder and harder. Your king will need to have people record how much crops are planted and the ...mount that comes from each farm. He may build great ships and numbers help there too. The empire will grow tremendously and the people that understand numbers will help as well as a warrior."HidA said, "How can this be?" An army goes across the desert. One man needs so much water every day. More is needed for the elephants and the horses. A. Sam emptied the contents of her handbag onto the table and began to reapply her foundation, blusher, eyeliner and mascara and soon she was looking her old self. A tune began to play, a tune I did not recognise. Her mobile ring tone. She picked it up and looked at the screen, swiped her finger across the screen then held it to her ear. “Hi Mum,” her voice quivered. “Yes, I am fine, you?” Her bottom lip was beginning to tremble and again my heart sank. What had I done to this poor girl?. What led them to that very accurate assessment of her, she did not know. What she knew, was she was very happy and lucky to have parents that she did and her life could not be any better. The only complain, if any, was this highly developed sex drive that she had even at that tender age. Always a very intelligent student she knew even at that age, that her condition was called nymphomania.But she would have choosen that nymphomania over the revelation she was hit with today, on her 17th. He...” pointing to her neck. “He kept making me do nasty things at home, but hasn’t demanded anything of me at work.” She slumped her shoulders and said softly, “He said I was his pawn in reserve... whatever that means.”She was crying now. “I kept waiting for him to force me to betray my friends,” she sobbed, “... or for him to trigger the collar,” she sobbed again, “... or for something like this to happen.”Sylvia sniffled and then fell silent as she looked down at the steel box into which I.