That Saturday I got a pretty sharp call from Cindy."You asshole[she called me that a lot. I hoped it was a term of endearment]. She was starting to th...nk there were good guys in the world, and then you don't call. Her feelings are hurt pretty bad." Cindy," I said calmly, when she finally wound down."What!?" What's Allan been doing for the last two weeks?" You know damn well what he's been doing. You've been keeping him at the office all those ungodly hours getting the Jamison account done.". "At first they would want to tear you apart and then," she shrugged, "it would only get worse from there." I thought as much," he mused. "Jar, think what would have happened if thirty seasons ago someone had come to Jeevel and preached that slavery was evil and needed to be destroyed." Oh!" she sounded surprised. "Yes, that would have been bad, very bad. But what can we do? We can't just sit back and do nothing. That's not right." Maybe not right, but prudent," he sighed again. "Whatever we do. It was a delightful way to pass idle time, but when she was mostly slick as a whistle and her bush was even tidier I got another surprise. Before we dressed again we all sat down and they told me how the cow at the cabbage at a wedding ceremony."Most of the men will drink so much of the Happy Dragu they will fall down and sleep where they do. Their mates will not drink much and Goondoe won't either. He will take many of the other women into his hut and do it to them good and proper," Catla. It wasn’t until he headbutted me that I started getting the hint there might be a problem – that Gunter’s apology might not be as sincere as it seemed. It could have been an accident, though – in sparring, accidents happen. When he broke his own nose ... well, that told me things were not going to be pleasant. As soon as he did that, I called for the cavalry.”Octavia sighed. “I don’t think him being there was a coincidence.”“Neither do I,” Calix shrugged. “Then again, I don’t believe in.