Please behave. And no more than five drinks. We know how you get when you're drunk,” my father lectured me as we pulled up to the hotel; he had just...made a major mistake. “Of course Father. I always behave…” I smiled a sinister smile at him as the door opened and the driver took my hand to help me out. My father rushed behind me and took my arm leading me inside, like some trophy on his arm to be shown off and passed around his colleagues. Let the games begin I thought to myself. We got. I take one final second to prepare myself before hearing the wordsthat tell me that preparation time is over."Nikki's on the Jeremy Kyle Show!" The famous TV presenter announces.With shaky legs, I rise from my sofa and stride onto the set, ploppingmyself down in one of the chairs on the stage to a backdrop of verywelcome applause."Welcome to the show, Nikki," Jeremy says, taking a seat next to me. "Iunderstand you contacted our researchers because you want help repairingyour relationship with. ’ ‘Tell me about it. Speaking of old men, how’s your daughter doing?’ ‘Jenny’s doing great! She’s helping out at the bar over the summer, she starts grad school in the fall at State. Having a twenty-two year old daughter really makes me feel old. She’s an amazing kid! I wish her mom could have been here to see her…as a young adult.’ ‘Well, don’t hurt yourself painting fence. I better get back to work. Later!’ As Taylor settled into her room in the motel she thought back to her encounter with. You know, Gorin, Emertland is going to have to give some serious thought to allowing some of its traditions to fall by the wayside. Individual projectile weapons weren't really in vogue the last time it fought a war. Nor does it make much sense to me to appoint valued men as my successors and lose them to any engagement. But who am I to argue? It just seems a bit odd that no one seems to realize that things that made sense 400 years ago might not make sense now. It seems especially silly to.