I dry my hair so it looks come-to-bed messy and put on blusher and mascara. I want to look natural, sexy and as if I hadn’t bothered to make any eff...rt at all. As soon as I see him this impression is blown to hell. My face flushes deeper pink than any blusher could make it and I stammer my hellos – he has a girl with him. I smile politely at her and feel my heart sinking. Soon two more of our friends turn up and as I chat, brightly false, to one of them I discover that she is an ex. I feel my. ’‘Hmm, doesn’t appear that way, ‘ he responded, pointing to his eye.She tentatively touched the bruised cheek. ‘It’s nothing.’‘The dog flap hasn’t been locked since your visit.’She looked up from tickling Tulsa’s stomach, who always lay on his back for visitors, hopeful of their attention.‘Wow, for me?’‘You’re the only night time visitor I’ve ever had.’She began to fidget. ‘If that’s the case, do you think we could come to some ... some arrangement? The place I was dossing, isn’t safe now.’ She. ” I finished.Tina tugged at the waistband of my towel, dropping it to the floor.“Good, because you are not to touch me, understood?” I nodded and let go of her waist, curious to see where this was going.“First,” she started, “I want to get something straight. My side, of our bed, is what you keep warm for me. Our bed is in our room. You were the first to use ‘our’ in relation to all this; I’m just taking it and running with it.”She took my hand and placed it on her left boob, but not touching. . but if the last two Kintark fleets were destroyed, there’d be nothing left to protect the Empire with.With one last grimace of resignation, the High Prelate realised he couldn’t just stand by as the Brimorians ravaged the Imperial capital.“Ssset courssse to intercept the invadersss,” he called out to the Bridge Pit. “We are Kinta’sss lassst line of defence againssst the Brimorian menace!”John watched the Battle of Kinta unfolding on the Sector Map, the Brimorian and Kintark forces shifting.