“I’m not your enemy, you know.”“We’ll see, but even if you aren’t, you need to get your magic under control. That spell you cast ... Peopl...e have been killed for less. Why did your teachers let you go off half-trained?”“If I’m even the one that cast the spell.”“What, you think I did it?”“No. I just mean ... I don’t know. I guess I felt something this time, but I was hoping that somehow this wasn’t all my fault. And I’ve never had a teacher.”“If you didn’t have teachers, where did you learn to. No let-up for Alpha 375698/2034, but even the overseers were bored now. Only one stayed to encourage, but the others had all sat back down.This was a long and cruel double speed, and I realised I had the power to stop it. My process doesn’t produce much debris, but I need to clean the presses two or three times a day, so why not now? Pretty unheard of in mid double speed, and I would suffer for it. Here goes. I’m brushing inside now. Upper dye clean?..?Faster, slave!?Ouch! Lower dye clean.. “I don’t know where you think you’re going, young man! That concludes the razor stropping, but there’s still the cane to come! So you can get down again. And make it smart, otherwise you’ll get double!” I did as I was told, bending back over the barber’s chair, slyly catching a quick glimpse of my reddened arse in the mirror. What a sight! As I bent over again, I realised I really wanted the caning. It had been a long time, but I really needed it. As the first rattan stroke lashed down, my. "Hey John," she said. "How is the trip going?" It's almost over. I need a couple of things," I said. "First, I'm planning a party at my house on Saturday night. It will be a poolside party so dress accordingly." Oh, John, I hope it is just you and me," she teased."No sweetness, the invitation is for you and Frank and a slew of other people," I told her.I then asked her to book a flight for Michelle Mattingly from Phoenix on that Friday to Albuquerque, and returning to Phoenix on the following.