I took another sip of my wine and laughed at her responses. The women around us divided. Half pressed closer to see the show, half faded in fear of ... scene. There would be a scene.I knew a little about the subject, and cared a little about it. Foreign policy isn’t really my thing. Jan as a soldier knew a bit more, cared a lot more, and came at me hammer and tongs, with facts and examples lined up like a freight train. Her opinion was not the one most common to the salon lesbian liberal,. “And please call me Jill. Mrs. Taylor sounds so old.”“Ok, Jill.” Heidi laughed as she took the tall glass.“Do you enjoy working on Tool Time?” Jill asked, not knowing what else to say.“Oh yes, ” The younger girl beamed. “It’s a lot of fun, and Tim’s a great boss. I was very lucky to get the job.”Jill took note of the inflection in Heidi’s voice when she said her husband’s name. The previous Tool Time girl had been fired after she came on to Tim one night when he was working late. Tim had. ..” she replied, before saying, “‘Progenitors’,” with that same mocking tone that Irillith had used.John turned to look at the girls, and said, “So as Alyssa has already brought you up to speed with what happened, we have a decision to make. Do we take Irillith at her word, trusting her that we aren’t going to get attacked, and then go and meet her mother in exchange for a chance at acquiring Maliri weaponry? Or, do we just forget about the whole thing, stock up on Maliri goods and head for. She smiled at me and asked me, “You want to do it?” I now got up and she gave me the scissors and raised her other arm. I ran my left fingers over her armpit and slowly clipped away the hair in her right armpit with the small scissor. Her armpits gave away a sweaty musky smell that I loved. I bent forward and sniffed her armpits and kissed her there. They were clean now but felt rough and grizzly; there was still a dark patch around both the armpits. She now took up the empty katori and held it.