Maybe Mandy means a little more to me now than ... Toro, you keep this quiet, okay?”“Hell, of course. My lips are sealed with chapstick.” Toro i...ly checked his pistol and sighed. “A few nights ago ... Two nights agoSantostold me his reward for leading the whiskey expedition would be pick of the pussy, and he was thinking of Toshi. Hell, the last I heard, Toshi would just go limp when you fucked her, no fight at all, no tears, no pleas, just limp like a doll. Who would want to fuck. "I am Puma, Lion's daughter! I am home!" Then, sister, you and I, we will take the fight to our enemies. We will cause their women to fill the air with death chants for their men! We will tear down their cities and towns; we will visit upon them, what they've visited upon us! It will be bloody, brutal, and no one can afford to trust anyone." I will follow you, sister. You are no blood of mine, but I've come to see what my father saw in you. You may not have his blood flowing in you, but you. Please remove all of your clothes and we'll get this done as soonas possible. We try to make sure our employees are in the best of health."Sam slipped off the sneakers and scrubs. He sat on the table in only theleotard."Come on, Sam. Everything!"Sam slipped the garment off and perched on the table, his hands coveringhis crotch.The doctor circled behind him, stethoscope listening to his lungs. Cindiappeared to be taking notes. The doctor returned and cupped Sam's chestwhile he listened to the. He wasn'trelated to us but over the past year he'd become family. Althoughprivately my dad was pretty shook up about the skirts and things. Andnow he was saying, "So that's what his problem was. Max was a FAIRY!"Which you know, that was the times. Gay, transsexual, whatever- welumped it all together. And to tell you the truth I probably stillwouldn't know there's all these distinctions---that they're not all justdifferent degrees of the same thing---but after knowing Max, andespecially later.