He touched her at knee level, guiding her into position near him. ‘This first time, just sit on my knee and I’ll help you complete the rest of the...back bend.’ ‘Sure, that doesn’t seem so difficult,’ she smiled. As she sat on his knee Sullivan placed one hand on the back of her thighs and one in the middle of her back. Sullivan silently noticed the feel of Sarah’s warm smooth skin, and also her composure. He became aware of a very faint aroma, not a perfume but simply the crisp clean pleasant. “If you’re not careful, you’re going to forget you hate me.”She tried to glare at him, but there was a ghost of a smile on her face.“We can probably sell the crossbow back at the village,” he said, “unless either of you know how to use it.”Katrin shook her head.“I understand the principle,” Bobo said, “but I’ve never tried.”“I could teach you if you’d like.” Corec had learned to use one during his time at Fort Hightower, but he didn’t like to carry the cumbersome weapon himself. He’d never been. Commandeering the Reglaz fleet would stop the immediate danger of attacks, but it would do nothing to eliminate the fundamental cause of the conflict. They needed to find the rulers of the Reglaz and determine whether or not they could be re-educated out of their paranoia and into cooperation with the other beings of the galaxy. If not, regrettably, the Reglaz would simple have to be exterminated, since they were too dangerous to be allowed to run around loose.Surprisingly, Papoose had the. She stayed there the rest of the night, refusing to leave me. Pissed some deck-apes off!!The next day, I transferred out of the temporary barracks, was given a liberty card, and PAYDAY!!!. Well, a subsistence of about $20.00, enough to buy cigarettes and a couple of beers. Liberty Call was at 5:00 pm and at 5:01 I was on my way to see Candy.Charging out of the Base Gate in a 100 yen taxi (roughly .25c, I was dropped off at 5:20 at the bar where Candy worked. Did work. This early in the day,.