The winnerwent over to the looser, and challanged him to get up. Thedefeated boy looked up at the winner and grunted something. Thefight was over, and...the looser had admitted his defeat.More boys appeared with water goards and washed the blood anddirt from the body of the winner. No one attended to the woundsof the looser Jimmy noted. After the winner was washed andcared for, all of the boys returned to the circle surrounding thelittle boy.The winner moved to the middle of the circle, and took. I give her the shot glass again and she drinks it quickly. Then looks at me. I pour her another. "Jake..." she pants, still catching her breath "You know that wasn't okay, right?" Shut up and drink more, or I'll have to convince you again" I tell her, as I place my hand on her throat. She immediately gulps down the drink. I pour her 4 more shots, she protests through each one, but drinks when I remind her I can make her do whatever she wants.This isn't light stuff, this is hard whisky, and I. "Thus I was reminded that care should be taken in measuring a person tooquickly, since their actions or words may hide who they are. Such was thecase with Julion, for despite his foolhardy air he was a scion of hisfamily, which was as powerful as any on the peninsula. If he was ascompetent as his sister then he would be quite formidable and his nextcomments made that seem very possible."Well this all happened on the day and night of Esselde's return, whichlikely makes you wonder why it is only. I think the Angels probably use a heavy hand. They prefer extortion to gentle caresses. But how do you call them Barbarian pigs to their faces?" And you don't want to let them in on your business ethics," I said contemplatively. "I guess exposure and disruption has to be part of the agreement. If your investors so to speak make it clear of their interests in you, the Angels back off or we expose them. And visa versa of course." Good. No need to get detailed about why our friends don't want.