It followed unthinkingly the slave ahead of it as they were herded back toward the slave pens for the night, not noticing the man who watched from a s...eltering doorway."Orzad!" A low voice called out as it walked by. It hesitated, the familiar syllables striking a chord in its sluggish memory. "Orzad, come here!"It turned and stepped out of the line that closed up behind it. A hooded cloak was thrown about its shoulders, hiding its face from any casual glance. In the fast gathering twilight,. He had dreams where he broke free of the prison of his physical body... set adrift in unbounded spaces, floating like a gas-filled balloon among luminous spheres that pulsed with the heartbeat of the cosmos. He perceived them as higher entities of near-infinite power and wisdom. That was where he truly belonged -- in the realm of the spirit.Escape. The thought had obsessed him for all the years of his childhood. Through long, hard winters of being a misfit, of taunting and torture by playmates. He began to sob uncontrollably at the thought of what his punishment might be if he had angered Dr. Quinn too much."Garth, I can hear you out there. Stop that crying and come over here and you won't be punished. But you must come immediately before I change my mind." Yes Dr. Quinn, I'm coming," Garth slobbered gratefully as he stood up and ambled clumsily back to his tormenting master."Why I left my experiments in the middle of the day is because I want to talk to you about a new visitor I'm. She said she hoped we would see me again and hoped I was still interested in her as we were all headed in separate direction's Her to Ft Richardson AK and Me to Ft Carson CO. I assured her that I would always think of her and her "treatment" of my wound and if at all possible we may meet again state side sometime. We made a date to get together that evening after dinner. After dinner, I went to the lodging area and found her , we decided to check out the "entertainment" area and see what was.