The rope burnscame because the perp tied her wrists together and then tied her wriststo a sign post. I will have Dr. Twain talk with you first. She ca... fillyou in better than I can."Dr. Twain came in. She said, "All I am waiting for is the pathologyreports on Belle and the perp. I checked for all the usual STDs on bothpeople as well as blood types, DNA, and semen. She can go home tomorrow.There is one strange thing she mumbled when she was first brought in. Itwas St. Joan please find Larry."I. Annalelz shyly smiled back and than had told him that her sister was out and would not return until later that night. He looked disappointed and had told Annalez that he was from America and was going back home tomorrow morning and wanted to give her a gift that he had held in his hand.Annalez than invited him in and together they both sat on the sofa. He explained to her that he and her sister only had a short term relationship and that he just wanted to see her one last time before leaving.He. I was suddenly struck by my own reaction to what was happening to me here in my own home this morning. I was about to be blackmailed into having sex with yet another strange man. A week ago I would have been traumatized. I would have been nearly in shock. I would, as either of my children would have said, freaked out.But not now. Now I felt the vestiges of mild anger that a stranger would come into my home and treat me this way. But the anger was being tamped down, drowned out because I felt. I think the tactics of our security today were fine, but our strategy was a mistake. Given how dangerous our enemies obviously are, traveling with a large group is a bad plan that unnecessarily endangers our traveling companions. This is especially true when you consider the potential of our power. With a few days’ practice, we could be more capable of protecting our security force than they are of protecting us.“Right now I’m desperately hoping none have died on our behalf.”“I’m pretty sure.