Casey came flying into the dance room and collided with L. D. who turned to see who had broken her concentration. ‘I’m sorry, L. D.’ Casey said...breathlessly as she took a place next to her. ‘Traffic was shitty and I took a cab to get here on time and I’m still late.’ Casey whispered as she huffed through her quick warm up. ‘Good morning, Casey,’ Ardena said with a nod. ‘Nice to see you. May we start now?’ Ardena was a stickler about punctuality and she would soon lock the door on late-comers. I hurt myself worse once while falling out of a HumVee in Afghanistan.A quick look once back towards Annie and Leslie showed the two ladies to be whispering with their heads together as thick as thieves. Holly hinted that they were discussing 'what to do about me', as if some sort of horse-trading or arrangement was being made. Holly refused to be pumped for important operational intel and she stuck her tongue out at me and skipped all of the way back to Tourist section.Whatever the women had. Giving isreceiving. I receive a hundred fold. And I give my Mistress everything.Or anything she desires.So here, gentle reader, is my quandary. I am, or at least I was, ormaybe I had some of the outward appearances of being, a man. A man forsure who was happier in silk and lace than in plaid shirts and toughboots. Happier in stilettos and stockings than jeans and Y-Fronts, buta man never-the-less. Now, in the care of Mistress, I am dissolvinginto the woman I have perhaps always longed to be. I. But whoever gave the order has no legal right to issue such an order. Also, any order of that type has to be in writing and shown to the civilians unless the area is under martial law, and then the declaration of martial laws has to be shown to them too.”The dispute goes on for about an hour before the Captain withdraws the troops to check into the matter further. As soon as the Captain leaves Boone seeks out the wagon-master for a short chat about the incident, and he’s directed to another.