“It’s okay,” he said, softening, “I was just terrified you were hurt, and I would have preferred to know you weren’t sooner!”“I’m real...y sorry!” She repeated, properly rebuked for her tasteless game.“It’s alright, sweetie,” he said, “You’re alright, that’s all that counts.”“What happened?” she asked.“I don’t know exactly,” he said, “I know we hit something, and that it wasn’t something that huge. But the engineer fucked up somehow. The brakes should have engaged long before we hit whatever we. Duncan, one of the Clan's elders had arranged to meet with me here in my home at two in the afternoon.That's huge news!A little daunting as well. A Clan elder just doesn't drop into a members home - it had never happened in my fathers household. I was rather nervous about it, while feeling anxious as well, that I should be so honoured. I didn't even tell my mother - none of her business what I did any ways.Warm hands slide across my back and around my body to hold me in a firm hug. "Morning. All and any anomalies in the terrain must be investigated, and trenches dug in those areas most likely to have some structures buried beneath. I hope Captain Guest will be able to start his mapping first thing in the morning.”“Captain Guest has a military project to complete before being available to the expedition, Professor.”The scrubby, sandy, arid, land stretched away to the east in a slight gradient. I was mounted and had a good view of the surrounding area, and could see that about three. It was wasted on me. It had to be a hard Spanky, Spanky today. "It has to be a hard 'Spanky, Spanky' today!" I informed her. "Fetch the cane!" I didn't use the cane much. Often a hard hand spanking or a session with my reddish brown leather spanking strap sufficed. But not today! Today I was feeling particularly sadistic and unforgiving. The cheeks of my girlfriend would have to be beaten soundly by my faithful rattan rod. It never, ever let me down. "I said to fetch the cane, Yasuko!" There.