He felt desire shoot through him. He marveled at the power she had over him. Okay Silk, go ahead and kneel look at me now. She did and then lifted he... eyes to meet his. Seeing his smile, she returned it and sent a silent prayer that she had done well and not looked the fool. Do you have any questions? He asked. He also noticed that she had not finished her desert and reached for it. Scooping up a forkful, he began to feed her. Shyly she began, I do, but I dont want to look silly. She accepted. I blew him a kiss and an encouraging smile. We were all committed at this point. Then, I heard Sylvia’s voice over the speakers, again.“What kinds of a****ls might we expect the villagers to have available to them at that time in the jungle? What kinds of a****ls might they have mated with in their celebrations? Dogs, certainly. But, dogs like we know and love as pets today? Probably not. Their dogs were probably closer to being wild, more likely used for security and hunting than as pets.”. ”“As I said, that’s life. Que sera, etc.”She wandered off, subdued, leaving me to try to concentrate on my own work. While I might have sounded resigned, phlegmatic and unworried, I felt anything but. I could see a real prospect of history repeating itself in some way and it depressed me.Zena made no further comment on the way home, which if anything made things worse. She could have said there was little likelihood of Connie drifting away or finding someone else, but she didn’t, and so I was. ”“DOC! FRONT AND CENTER!” he called out, and a trooper with medic’s insignia bounced over. He was armed just like the rest of the troops. According to the Geneva Convention, medical troops were to be unarmed and festooned with red and white crosses indicating their non-combat nature. Viet Nam had shown that those crosses were excellent aiming points for snipers. Since then, most medical troops went about as heavily armed as their patients, and rarely wore any kind of insignia.“Thank you,.