" he laughed more."They hadn't been touched by faery magic before this moment, so I thankyou for this chance of entertainment." "Change us back" Greg ...emanded, though the faery just laughed. "I'm sorry" the tiny man said, definitely not looking it, "but Ican't" Greg and Cindy looked at him in shock, while Adam stared at his friends, realizing what had just happened. "You've already been touched by faery magic, and at your own requests as well. No faery magic can touch you again for a. The owner of the paper, he wuz also the editor, printer, an' reporter, wuz the victim of a protection racket of the crudest kind. The crooks didn't fool around; they jus' showed up one day an' said that ifen he didn't pay them not ta, they wuz gonna bust up his place. He couldn't afford ta replace his press an' type ifen it wuz busted, so he agreed ta pay.He started off payin' $1 a week, but the demands grew 'til now he wuz payin' $5 a week, an' he wuz shore that the price would go up in the. “Sir?” the First asked, obviously deeply worried.Jeff hesitated for a couple of seconds. “What type of games did you have in the rec room aboard your Raider?”“Sir, there must have been an error in the mapping of your language into my mind. ‘Rec room’ does not interpret.”“Lounge, rec room, recreation room, someplace to relax and enjoy yourself while associating with your peers.”The First continued to stare at Jeff, obviously not comprehending.“You ... had nothing like that on your ship?” Jeff. .. or, I like to think that I'm a good slave, if..." You are, Tanyee," Sirinna said. "Don't let what happened make you think otherwise."Amanda was not sure what she was trying to prove with this questions. For all she knew, Tanyee could be telling Sirinna exactly what she wanted to hear. Tanyee did not look frightened of Sirinna, but she did defer to Sirinna quite a lot. "You still enjoy it now? Even... tied up like that?"Amanda felt a little shudder pass through her as she said this,.