Lapping away he spied a rabbit on the other side, and so the chase was on.Hotdog was merrily chasing his prey for a good half hour before he finally t...red of this game and started for town. Not even thinking about Betty's gift from earlier.Upon reaching his neighborhood, he met up with some of his canine pals.{{Hey Hotdog! Whacha been doing all day?}} Asked Shep, a huge German Shepherd.{{Nothing much Shep. Chasing things and stuff like that. You know, }} Was Hotdog's response.{{Yeah, I know. It wasn’t that I didn’t love him, because I did, but you know the spark had worn off and I often found myself having the hots for young Ben. Sometimes I even imagined it was him instead of Alistair but that wasn’t the same. Now I was free my mind wondered to fresh thoughts and speaking to my pal Janice she came out with it that she had got herself a brand new toy boy and how divine he was. Just what she needed to be rid of the cobwebs of her former hubby who was well and truly rid of, she said.. At least the Hamerfield game isin the morning, Jeremy won't faint from heat prostration while playing thegame. "Actually, I have an ulterior motive in coming here." Conrad said tohim, a grin on his face. He turned the cola up, drank deeply, belched,sighed. Damn it, that just made him cuter! "Two ulterior motives, actually." "What are they?" "Wondering if you could go along on the Hamerfield trip as achaperone." Conrad said. "We have a couple of parents going, but we coulduse. Maybe something like 1% each of three Cube Ship journeys per year for four years. That would also allow us to disperse the Arabs among different colonies, rather than concentrating them all in one place. Obviously these rough estimates need to be reworked once we have better figures available. As I explain below, I see our share as being primarily female concubines and dependents. Adult and near-adult males would normally stay behind to fight the Swarm if they are not going to Escardis.Related.