“I haven’t decided yet on those countries. But I reserve the right to draw and redraw any maps at any time. Including ones that might seem settled... All of those aforementioned officials get lifetime seats in their respective legislatures, the upper house when bicameral, but otherwise when unicameral, that is. That should mollify them as severance packages. Putin also gets a lifetime seat in the Duma, in fact. So does Kasparov, which should shut him up a bit. Zelensky and Lukashenko, same deal.. ”“One second,” I said, motioning for Voss to stop, and looked back at Smokey Enna. “So what’s all this about, anyway?”Enna sighed. “Ye ‘ave about as much clue as I. Word came down the grapevine about his job the old boss said was proscribed, and I assumed it ‘ad to do with some fool notion of ‘onour that ‘e ‘ad. So I talked to the gent, and figured that large payout ‘ad to do with the timeliness of it all. Pick up this package at precisely this time and deliver it by this time, do not look in. “Don’t look so worried, I’m not really mad at you,” She began, her expression softened, “I need a favor, a big one,” She trailed off and regarded me intently.Maybe she was expecting me to immediately refuse, but I was too exhausted from work to have an argument, so I remained quiet and she continued, “Tonight is the parent teacher conference, and I have just gotten the call that I’m needed tonight. You know that I would go, I know it’s my turn…but I can’t exactly turn down the shift.” I knew. 'OUR GUEST THIS EVENING ... AND A SPECIAL ONE AT THAT. THIS MAN KILLED AN ETERNAL ANGEL NOT TWO DAYS AGO', he announced, and there was a cheer around the room. I could see spent warriors sitting on one side of the room and they clapped in acknowledgement and surprise as the Chief shouted'ONE OF OUR YOUNG LADIES WILL BE DEFLOWERED BY THIS MAN. OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST ... BRING HER OUT'I turned behind me to see a young girl, 16 or 17, being lead out by two naked women. She had shoulder-length.