. he looked slighter, there was, he was sure, an ever soslightly different tone to his skin and a number of his spots had gonenow. Brian's mockery wa... the final straw. And although he couldn't becertain, he was more than a little concerned that he was STILL changingthroughout.That had to mean that whatever he might have thought, the experiences onthat game (Kingdom of Balance? He'd never forget it now!) were morethan just his fertile imagination. It had DONE something to him, he wassure of. It was a good day for me, I won nearly seven hundred.I ran out of mullets at four, talked to Keeley for a bit and drove my truck home.I found my ladies in Jean's old room. All of them had showered and shaved their legs.Every one of them was nude. Some were doing another's hair, Lee was doing finger and toe nails. Jean was blow drying hair. Kim had a quilt on the bed and was massaging in skin softening cream.They had an assembly line.I went to each one and gave her a kiss, even Brenda. She was. Santaram na mukku pinduthu “noru open cheyyara bammardi… cooldrink postanu” annadu. Na mouth entha open chesina santaram modda tip kuda pattatam ledu. “Chudu aunty… na baammaridi noru sariga theravatamledu” annadu santaram chilipiga. Amma navvuthu “nenu theripistaanu undu alludu” ani oka dabbanam (big needle) theesukuni naa pirra meeda kassuna guchindi. “Vammo” ani noru therichaanu nenu. “Inka konchem theruvu” ani marosari pirra meeda dabbanam guchindi amma. “Vaayyoo.” ani inkaa therichanu.. But, I will not cease, nor stop, no matter how much you cry, or beg. I want you to breathe. Relax. Dont move too much. I want you to roll with the pinch, the bite of the pain. Take it, make it yours. Of course, when Im through with you, it wont be yours anymore. There is something I need you to do."Handing her eight clothespins, and a slim strip of leather, he watches her for reactions.She sits up, taking the pins and leather strip. She instinctively knows that this will cause much pain..