"You'll be good camouflage. Um ... I hate to interrupt this conversation, but I need to change the subject. I picked up a rental car, so I can drive t...is evening. What time would you like for me to pick you up? Unless you've changed your mind, that is." No, I haven't changed my mind," JJ said, enjoying the exchange. "I haven't done my good deed for the year, and I'm running out of time. I decided improving your reputation was the project I would tackle. I really don't know if I have enough time. Tom had stood by Tony and had prevailed upon his brother to assist his new friend. Whatever the investment broker might have been in his past life, he was something entirely different today.His sentence, three to five years in a minimum security facility, was considered light in comparison to the heavy sentences Mahon, Blyer, and Stainsby had received. They would be the guests of the Federal Penitentiary system for at least twenty years. Blyer and Mahon were at least fortunate enough to rate. ”“I see,” I nodded.“Your ... title confuses me. What exactly is a Cure, as opposed to a Healer?”“I can cure anything, even things a Healer cannot. However, there aren’t many Cures so we need Healers as well.”“Anything?”“Yes.”“I have not heard of such a thing.”“I suspect that’s because the Hegemony is insular in nature, always looking inwards,” I replied with a slight shrug as he nodded.“Also,” Kirim added, “Cures are not too well known even within the Empire, or rather what it is they have to. Opening the packet, he read and almost choked on what he read. Cursing, he thought to himself, if the guards didn't kill the rat, he damn sure might. He and the rat raise these children? He had to be out of his mind! Taking off his cloak, his blonde hair springing forth, the many scars on his face throbbing as he tried to think of a way out of this. Falling asleep he thought to himself, what has he gotten me into now?Taking the girls to a wet nurse, he had her take care of them while he went.