He... he sold _hisself_. Before long, he was working for somepimp, doing... things with whomever that sinful man told him to, womenor... or men." Oh, ...lita, I'm... I'm so sorry."Eyes glistening with tears, the woman continued. "And that evil, evilman, the money Sammy was earning wasn't enough for him. Sammy was asmall boy, skinny. That sinner made him take girlie pills, made him lethis hair grow, even had a doctor do some things to him. Pretty soon, mypoor Sammy, he _looked_ just like a pretty. At first, being free of them seemed like an improvement to me. I'd been constantly shifting back and forth about the trade offs I was having to make when dealing with them. I didn't have the upper hand with them. I knew that, as did they. They told me whatever they chose to tell, and, if I raised questions of my own, they answered, when they bothered to answer me at all, with whatever they wanted me to believe. I knew I'd caught them out in a lie about my wife. I believed they had their own. " So?" she arched a well-shaped eyebrow. "You got a problem?" BeforeI could answer she continued: "Come on. Live a little, it might befun." And so arm in arm with my best friend I entered a gay pub forthe first time in my life.Inside it was a little disappointing. No one was mincing, no onewearing pink or any other clich?. Apart from the lack of women itcould have been any other local pub I'd been in.Spying an empty table Susan immediately went over and sat down. Iwent to the bar and got us our. For now the planet is safe and returning to normal, though unlike the first two they aren't protected, could you return and shore it up?"Sighing, I knew that I'd been had, why was it that they always seemed to know when I desired to actually help?"Alright but no more going in blind, if you really want me as your enforcer or fixer, I'd better start getting more information." He said as he turned and started to leave."Mage Alan," he heard from behind him, "we need to give you the.