"Phew, I'm bushed!" were her opening words as she slumped down, fanning herself with one hand. At close quarters, she was stunningly beautiful, with b...g dark brown eyes, long eyelashes and lush, sensuous ruby lips."Yeah, hot isn't it?" Hey, where are you from?" she asked eagerly, on hearing his accent."England." Wow! I've always wanted to visit England.'"Personally, I'd say you were better off here." Why so, honey?" Because England is cold and wet and expensive!" He'd noted the use of the word. "Phew is right," Jean-Luc said back. "But that doesn't even begin to cover it."I took a few seconds re-learning how to stand on my own without help.Jean-Luc tied the back of my bikini top, and put the bottom back in place and tied the side. I climbed down from our hideaway, and he climbed down right after me.He took my hand and we walked the path toward the beach. When we were almost there I stopped, pulling back."What?" he asked."We smell like sex," I whispered, my voice came out loud, like a. "What has been done to us is a horror that can never be atoned for and we must fight to keep it from happening again. To either us or them. We are in danger of becoming no better than our true enemy, the NTF, should we begin to hate all Humans indiscriminately. To those of you who are wanting to fight, and there are no few of those, I think," she went on with an unhappy smile, "Myself among them, we should remember who the true enemy is in this and bear in mind that Humans individually are. "I think you just need some confidence. This medallion is supposed to bring the wearer the success that he truly wishes." Sounds silly." He paused a moment in thought. "How much?" Well, I'm just starting out at this location, so how about $1.75?" I guess I can afford that." He reached into his pocket and pulled out ahandful of change and a few small bills. He handed the Wizard a dollar,then counted out three quarters. The coins looked like dimes in his largehand. He handed the money to.