You need privacy." I had to agree with her onthat. We finished our beer and I went into the house while Sara headed forher van to go shopping for a...sleeping bag.I took another shower and put on a white terrycloth robe, a short one thatjust covers my butt. I left my hair wet, grabbed Sarah out of her crib,and went down to check on the potatoes I'd put in the oven earlier. As Ipassed the full-length mirror at the end of the upstairs hall I noticed hownicely the white robe contrasted with. Disaster did co me close. As it sped away from the Earth system, into empty space, a large asteroid, uncaptured by larger body gravity so far, swept past nearly close enough to drag the probe into its gravitational field. If the asteroid had been slower, or the probe closer, it would have been sucked in behind and, when the asteroid crashed three millennia later, the probe would have gone with it.Instead it was pulled from the trajectory it was on, but continued. Who can say where it would have. Linda started sobbing almost immediately as her spanking began, but Pete could see that Laura was spanking her fairly. Meanwhile, Lana's sobs became continuous and her breathing more ragged as Pete kept up the fiery rain of swats on her tender ass cheeks. When Pete was satisfied that Laura had spanked Linda for the same length of time, he stopped spanking Lana and said, "Ok, Laura. Stop and let Linda up." As he said this, he allowed Lana to stand.Lana quickly got to her feet, and her hands shot. We were working with acids, which made me really glad for the lab coat, although I wished I had something to wear on my feet.When class ended, I had some time to kill, so I went to the library and got caught up on homework. I then went back to my dorm and took a shower. I wanted to make sure I was at least clean for the meeting.David and Tom came up to my room. They were both wearing suits. Ginsberg was wearing several military medals, and it was probably the first time I'd ever seen Tom.