I was afraid the shit was just aboutto splatter all over the fan. However, I thought I could still savemy pretty little ass. "I was there, Mistress. G...ry made this reallydumb wish; you know how he is. He turned himself into a girl. Sincehe was a girl, he couldn't be my Master and so became my Mistressinstead. As a new Mistress, he was subsequently placed via theirrandom selection process into PPPLM. Those two old biddies, Agathaand Hortense, thought the girl he'd become wasn't quite the. Gifted among the Terran People for their ability to manipulate the fabric of the universe.Only one in a hundred thousand Terrans are born Death Knights, and they form the ruling class of the SE. The Death Knight's have five distinct traditions. The tactical Steel Lords, the aggressive Hell Knights, the vicious Frost Knights, the loyal Blood Knights, and the elusive Shadow Dancers. Though the traditions once waged war against one another on their home planet, the Steel Lords managed to bring. Obviously, Gabe's mom was a photographer. I found a picture of Gabe, his mom, and his dad. Gabe couldn't have been more than two or three old when the picture was taken. I saw a framed degree in what appeared to be a library, an actual library in someone's house! If you lived in Ridgemont, you might understand my excitement a little more. Apparently Dr. Thadius Ranier Martin, who I assumed was Gabe's father, was an Archaeologist. I noticed several books in the library were written by a man of. "Did you...were you just here before?" I asked.She looked puzzled. "I just walked in and saw you."I was confused, and she could see it on my face. It was too noisy formeaningful conversation, so she suggested that we go somewhere else. Ifollowed her out to a cocktail lounge where a piano player made softbackground music. We sat in a booth in the back."Just so you know", she started, "I'm kind of a 'road lesbian'. I havea boyfriend back at home, but I like to indulge my, um, bisexual.