"Very well, prepare for launch and good fortune to you both."Rae, Jan and Sith were startled when their prison was suddenly illuminated by the holo im...ge of a wizened, dwarfish being of indeterminate age whose yellow eyes stared at them intensely, it's mouth set in a cruel smile."Welcome to my fortress," it said with a cackling laugh, "We so seldom receive guests in such a fashion. What is the purpose of your presence here?" "A Denebian," Jan whispered to Rae, "Extremely xenophobic and. We left early on Friday morning and had a rather uneventful drive up into the mountains. Raphael had me giggling and smiling the whole way as we shared some of our lives more recent occurrences. He told me about some horrible dates he had been on while I shared stories about my crazy professors and horny classmates constantly whispering erotic ideas into my ear during lecture. He stole a quick glance at me, trying to read my expression, but I quickly forced him to put his eyes back on the curvy. Everyone we know who’s involved with kids is seeing the same stupid thing - infantilizing teenagers and ‘protecting’ kids from ‘emotional stress’ by coddling them.”“And it’s wrecking society,” I sighed. “But we could go on and on about this.”“Tiger, how do you plan to replenish your Rap Session students?”“Each of the six can nominate someone who’s going to be a Senior next year. That way we’ll slowly grow the group. If it looks as if the numbers are dwindling, we’ll ask for more nominations.. So we leave a more heavily armed party then what the protectors came with. It was two hour in the dark without lights, driving carefully. Somewhat nerve racking.Approximately 3 and a half hours later I returned to the camp site. One thing to say for an electric car, it runs very quietly. They don't hear me till I am right on top of them. Then I flick the brights at them. There is some whining but all of the protectors are on alert."Greetings." I say as I roll down the window. "Someone order a.