It was like watching a puppet with his strings cut."Bob had been watching her face very intently and hanging on every word. "What about his face?" Wel..., it was like... like it wasn't him... I mean it was his face, but it was like there was no one there inside. It's like... okay, have you ever seen those full life scenes they do for the museums of like, cave men and early Indian tribes and stuff?" Yes, what about them?" Well it was like one of those. Just for a second. You know how the whole. His meeting and drinks with the client ended about a half hour later. He left the bar and headed for the conference center of the hotel wondering if he’d really seen her and if he had, then what. The event board in the lobby announced the 25th high school reunion of her school. It was her. And he felt his desires stir almost with a violence. But… At the same time there was a wave of guilt. A tsunami of guilt. He blamed himself for having effectively dumped her. And as a result, his guilt told. Folded chairs were stacked in the corner, making it clear Kimberly did not mind entertaining. I wondered if one day I might be part of the entertainment.To my left stood a piano bench, custom-made, higher than normal, reinforced and padded with rings built into it. My eyes fell upon it. “It seems that it takes a lot of equipment to become a well-heeled Domme.”Kimberly laughed and took a seat in the high backed chair, mounted upon a low platform. She sort of wrapped herself into it, fingers. They finished up in short order and we all filed onto the ship as soon as the council members bid each other farewell. Half of them were coming along with us to Veria and then back to Earth, while the other half were staying put to build a new civilization. Of the eight, Selalea, Bonakr, Linvalma and Savarnei would be returning to Earth, with Bonanem, Olmith, Pharomna and Shaemu remaining on Yrranth and Zokryth.Even though there would be tens of thousands of light years separating the two.