“Quaz Crystals,” Ricky answered grimly. “In the last fifty years, the demand I get for them had quadrupled. As I mentioned to you Micky, many of...the Queens on our island and some of the others, haven’t looked after their caverns and the crystals have become harder to get.”“Yes, and in more recent years we have been investigating a lot more reports as to the theft of them. Many dealers have been using mercenaries to protect their property. I bet that would increase the trade of weapons too,”. Now she abandoned even caution, running as fast as she could, a dead sprint, with no finish line in sight. Elation surged through her and gave her strength as he disappeared from her peripheral vision. She imagined him staggering to a stop, his lungs heaving, a look of disbelief on his face, that he had been bested by a woman. And not only a woman, but a woman at least five years older than him.Then, astonishingly, he passed her, moving ahead, not exactly leaving her in the dust, but. Culture changes slowly, but she was making strides. For starters, she'd banned all negative talk about girl-on-girl sex. She'd successfully argued that if hinting at it was sexy, actually doing it was that much better. There were some detractors, but all in all, most of the girls were secretly glad they had this new outlet. Since traditional male-female sex was somewhat of a business for the sorority, getting to enjoy the simple pleasures the sisterhood could provide each other was a welcome. It had been a long day so we decided to get some sleep and headed to our rooms; I was happy that Patricia joined me.We were all up late the next morning, but breakfast was ready soon after; we ate pretty quietly. We ended up in the living room discussing the Agency, what we would do with it knowing what was going to happen soon. We figured we could use the Agency as cover for some of the stuff we were going to be doing, so it was settled. Kristy announced the pool was finished, and she had.