One is an American Indian passing through from Lame Deer. Another is a Cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show and the third passenger is a... fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at Montana State University from the Middle East.Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips. He was giving so much of himself to them and to her mind getting so little to nothing in return. She tried to come up with something, anything that she could offer back to him, that wouldn’t upset the precarious ‘arrangement’ that they had all accepted, which while not important in this way to her, certainly seemed to be so for the other two. As the weeks went by Sam seemed to withdraw more and more into a slave mentality, with no respite even at those times when he and Keri were alone together. But John... mmm... he loves girls like you and me. He knowshow to touch me in the right places.... and deep too!" Have I met him before. I don't recognize him...." asked Robin as she dabbedat her lipstick in the mirror."Oh sure.... but not looking like this. Let's just say that it isn't a goodidea to light a match around him!," giggled Jamie. "How long have you beendating Ollie? And he looks so different with that new beard of his!" Oh he first noticed me a couple years ago. Even before I felt. Best to forget all about this embarrassment. They would probably never hear from Brigida Calista and Diana Aureliana again. No sense in expending the resources of the Roman Republic to run down two female gladiators.Less than two years later, Caesar would wish he had taken the time to run down two female gladiators.Brigida and Diana became legends; they had singlehandedly destroyed a detachment of Roman legionaries, making them heroines in the eyes of the oppressed people of the countryside..