"You are really lucky I haven't popped your balls yet, you annoying shit," Kate responded. Kate had busted her little brother's balls harshly hundreds...of times, and it always amazed her that she hadn't castrated him yet. Before he could respond, Kate walked into the bathroom and closed the door. As she took her shower, she started fantasizing about all the ways Kevin could accidentally hurt his balls in his room. Shortly after stepping out of the shower, Kate heard a knock on the door."Kate,". " He turned back to the rest of the council. "That leaves us with the option of open deceit in this matter. We refuse to acknowledge Mars as a government, we condemn their actions, but we ship anyway and keep it out of the public's eye. I don't think that WestHem would attack us for this. They would not be happy about it, but they wouldn't risk military action for such a thing, especially since they seem to think that they'll take their planet back with their military forces no matter what we. That's not steady. Who knows if he'd even get picked to BE on one of those teams? My father will hire him. I've already arranged it."Buffy sighed. "So, what you're saying is that you just don't CARE what he wants to do."Melinda stamped her foot. "That's not fair! Everybody knows that men don't make good decisions." So your father hasn't made good decisions, and his decision to hire Boomer isn't a good one either, right?" You're twisting my words." complained Melinda. "And don't call him Boomer.. I think I have the instructions on how to make more, in one of my books. I know it is actually made from the mold that you can find on some fruits. I’ll have to look through my books, and do some experimenting, before I’m sure.’ I paid Clem for instruments he would be making, and he grinned. He told me, ‘I think I might make a lot of extra copies of some of these. It will be something to do while we’re snowed in this winter. I can see a lot of other uses for some of these. Especially the one.