Coming back from her lunch hour, Lisa resumed her work at her desk. She looked over at Amy's vacant desk and her thoughts drifted to her. She wondered...what she was going through and if she had regretted her decision. She felt a little better knowing Amy's mother would be taken care of, but poor Amy must be going through hell. Still Mr. Roberts was right - Amy had had the chance to avoid all the "unpleasantness" as he put it if she had just been willing to go along with what Mr. Roberts had. I mean.. I .. oh.. god.. I don't know what I mean... " I broke down, crying."Now, now, no need to be doin' that. You got a name, girl?" I nodded. It was strange, being called "girl" by a man who appeared to be almost 10 years younger than men. (T looked to be about my age.) "I'm uh.. I'm Becky." Okay, Becky, now, you stop that cryin' you hear? I never liked hearin' a bitch cry, 'cept maybe in the middle of a gang bang. Now, I heard a few bitches cry then, cummin' so hard they laugh and cry all. ’ ‘My god!’ ‘So the cunning bastard of a teacher stopped hitting Benni, using unseen torture instead.’ ‘Does that mean nasty psychological pressure?’ ‘I think so. Always whispering into Benni’s ear what a loser he was and how everyone hated him and he was not really our child.’ ‘My god, what did Mr James do when he found out?’ ‘It was too late as the teacher was long gone. This only came out after the Judge ordered that we admit Benni into an institution to have his brain examined by those. The Gnat controller was quite shaken; the Havildar tartly remarked that perhaps next time, if ever his grounding was rescinded, he might attend to his craft rather than the female beside him. The young man spent a long time on fresher duties before being returned to the village for further counseling from the Shaman.After berthing of "Vector", McCock called a conference to discuss the recent operation. As junior, Commander Peter Lowell led,"How did those CLs acquire us. We took out the first CL.