Audrey and Irina themselves were apart for the first time since theinitiation. Audrey was in the medi-cal quarters for a check-up beforetraining began...while Artemis and Corona were mentally assisting Irinain the hope that she might remember even more details in regard to theartifacts."Aaghh," Audrey grimaced as the skilled tattoo artist finished Audrey'sfirst tattoo, the symbol of fe-male power etched around her leftnipple. Audrey took a hit off her slender cigarette to distract herfrom the. " Her wide blue eyes, the swing and sway of her body, sent all kinds of electrics through me. The intimacy of her smile only added colour to my burning cheeks. "Vic won't be home tonight. His job, you know"Before the full weight of disappointment could hit me she went on, "But you can still come and listen to the music---- " And she paused, the languorous smile playing on her full mouth, the eyes going cloudy, before adding, "---if you want."Had I misread her looks, her tone of voice? It. She had a fairly nice body. It wasn’t majestic by any stretch of the imagination but for a woman who is 41 she looked…good. Yes she did. And she was smiling by chance too. “How is it you can catch someone smiling like that so often? I’ve never seen pictures of me like these showing me smiling.” “I don’t know…I guess I’ve always had a knack at that. That’s why I take pictures. And once in a while I’ll get paid for it too,” he told her. She looked at all of them again and again and enjoyed each. From the tournament of two years ago, she remembered the great time she had had shopping in the exclusive local Super Mall. All the players would get the opportunity to shop around in that palace of decadence. It seemed like the pinnacle of the world's haute couture, jewelry and other lifestyle-stuff was gathered there. Truly the favourite habitat for the expensive Russian. And in return for a couple of pictures of her checking out some stuff (unpayable publicity!), she could even choose some.