That would have been a shame. Yes, that would have been a real shame. I would hate to have seen you spoiled.? Carefully he straightened his shirt, ...uttoned his pants, and checked his appearance. Satisfied, he moved to stand directly in front of Ruth Waterman. He touched her cheek with the back of his perfectly manicured hand, before tracing a line beneath her large, dark eyes. Dragging a fingernail back and forth across her lower lip, he said softly, ?nice mouth.? Her puffy, pink lips. I have grown to hate violence inthe time I've been living on Gor, because it is almost always the remitof men, and therefore the means by which the strong subjugate the weak.When a Gorean man wants something, he takes it at sword point from thosewho do not share his Homestone. This is the way Gor has always been andit will never change so long as the restrictions the Priest Kings placeon the development of technology hold sway, for this is a world where astrong sword arm can make you the Master. “It’s what I didn’t say.” “What you didn’t say? Why? Are you a secret axe murderer? Do you vote Tory? What can it be?” “I haven’t always been a woman.” “Oh!” “I’m mostly a woman now, but I haven’t always been one.” Kenneth took a deep intake of breath. His face changed in a way Karen couldn’t decipher. Was he shocked? Would he jump up in disgust and leave? But how long could she have kept up the pretence without her secret being discovered anyway? “Post- or pre-op?” he asked at last. “Pre-,”. Run it at night and tape it and it would increase your potential studio audience even more." She was nodding vigorously."I don't know what it would take to create a studio but I have a couple of large buildings in Luverne that I think could be modified."I poured our coffee and we went about dressing while she thought about it. Finally, she said, "I need to get an engineer to look at your buildings and determine if one would work for a studio and offices. We wouldn't need much since Joan would.