That gives your four months to get your affairs in order. Fulfill any lifelong dreams or desires, make peace with your enemies and spend time with you... loved ones. Or go wild and set the world of fire if you so wish. Let it be a celebration of life, of the step you will all take together into the glorious service of Lord Dominion. Overindulge yourselves on the nectar of freedom, so you will not be burdened by such desires when you take your proper places in our holy temples.That is all I have. Even if he had not already been sifting through her memories, Arthur would have known her on sight. Her name was Naomi Harper and she had been voted the most trusted news anchor in the country the previous year. At the moment, her adoring fans would barely recognize her as the perky blond that they so loved; a sullen glower twisted the delicate features of her face and her mind seethed with resentment over having been sent here by the network executives to cover the day's memorial service in. Mom asked how my date had gone with Jackie. How was I to answer that honestly?“It was ok, but I don’t think I will be going out with her again.” What an understatement that was!“But why, she is such a pretty girl?”“I don’t know, we just didn’t hit it off all that well.” I wanted to add, but I’m not a virgin anymore!Early afternoon, I got a text form Johnny with a link that took me to a very long video of Jackie being fucked. I skipped through a lot of it, but there must have been over a dozen. “If it was invaded? Sure. But dying in Vietnam or Grenada or wherever? No way. I had an uncle who died in Vietnam and for what?”“I suppose that’s a reasonable position,” Pete said. “But Clarissa’s right, you’d be rejected for being gay. Mike, what would you do?”“Conscientious Objector status, and ask for a non-combat position. In a couple of years, I’d be a medic or doctor, so I wouldn’t have to even voice the objection. It’s also possible I’d be a chaplain. But I wouldn’t be able to serve in.