Qi shook his head, trying to separate the past and the present. He was going to meet the patriarch.The command level was a hive of activity. Qi notice... that everyone was wearing a necklace like him with various tags dangling from them. He had one tag. It made him feel like a poor beggar again. He swallowed his anxiety and stood up straight. His escort passed him off to another who had a nasty energy weapon slung over his shoulder. Without a word, Qi was led to a small office where he took a. ”She seemed real interested in me all of a sudden and came over to sit by me. “Whut’s yer name and how old are yew?”“They calls me Slim and Ah think Ah’m sixteen.”“Well, Ah’m Loreen and ah’m eighteen. Since yewr old enuf, wud yew lak me ter teach yew about gurls and sex?”“Ah’d be much obliged, Miss, but Ah have to get some feed and take the laundry home. Kin Ah come back later on fer yer lessons?”“Yew shur nuff can. She looked at a little piece of paper. How ‘bout six oclock. Ah’ll even fix a. Getting her tutor going would be a fun way to get some kicks. ‘I’ve been sitting here, trying to figure out this assignment,’ Melanie said. ‘I just can’t get it.’ ‘What’s the problem?’ Ben asked. He couldn’t keep from staring at the well-shaped legs displayed by the student’s tight, meager skirt. ‘Well…’ Melanie said. She explained what she didn’t understand about the problem. She saw Mr. Sanders staring at her legs and felt a tingle in her belly. It looked like it would be easy to get him hot. * She opened her eyes slowly, her vision getting clearer with each blink. The early morning light streaming in through the windows made her head throb, and she immediately regretted however much she’d had to drink the night before. Gradually her head stopped spinning enough for her to realize this wasn’t her bed, and she had absolutely no idea where she was. ‘Great, just what I needed.’ She sighed. Yesterday she had been so optimistic, but it seemed that everything had gone as wrong as it.