"Why does it have to be so crude?" Deana said, reluctantly joining the parade. "Because we're dealing with a boy's mind," Dinah said. The door closed ...ractically in her face. "How long do you think it's gonna take?" Deana asked, embarrassed that she was standing outside, waiting. "Well, boys go standing up, don't they? He's already gone once this morning as a guy, so he left the lid up. All he has to do is-" "What in the..." Deana put her hands over her ears, and ran out the front. And we also, rather belatedly, became aware that it was illegal. That came as a great shock to me, but when I told Mezyana she surprised me by telling me that she already knew. In fact, it was she who comforted me as I cried and cried about it. I felt so miserable. It also surprised me that Mezyana, who attached such great store in religious law, could have such a detached attitude towards criminal law."It was not at all easy to keep our love a secret. People must have thought it strange the. ? She looks at me with a mixture of embarrassment and wistfulness. ?That was risky. And what if we decide we don’t want you?? I ask. Her eyes widen.?Well, I guess I’d start a job search and try to pay for my board at college.? She mumbled. It was exactly what I wanted to hear.?Ok, starting today, you are our slave. We will go over the rules once with you, and after that, you must remember them on your own. Tomorrow, you will have a doctors appointment and fitting for all of your toys. I expect. At the very front were forty professional swordsmen from first battalion, first platoon, pulled from the king's personal guard. The main army had cheered these great warriors as they took their frontline positions just before the charge, taking the gesture as a measure of supreme confidence from their king that they would be victorious. They did not realize the placement was a punishment for allowing Ethbaal to be humiliated through his torn cloak.When at full strength, the king's first.