" You didn't teach me much last time, did you sonny?" then I realized he was drunk, there was no way I could do what I wanted to him."I'll be around G...ranville," I said and then to the girl I said, "I apologize if I've spoiled your night, but believe me miss, if you're going out with this cretin, you'll see more trouble than you ever thought possible." Fuck off sonny," he shouted. "You've either got it or you fucking ain't," and crudely he gripped his groin.That was more than enough, I took the. I didn’t know how fast I was going to be able to spin as I somersaulted, but what I saw in my head showed how the spin would affect the summersaults, so I decided to give it a try. I knew I had done two and a half summersaults, but it went so fast I don’t know if I had managed to do three or not. I was focused more on having my body straight as I hit the water. My shield did absorb the force again, but I still made a bigger splash than the last time.I was back over with Helen when one of the. There's a lot of money here and a great interest in acquiring 'toys' as my clients call them." Toys?" said Clegg."Yes, it's rather a different product from what you've been used to supplying. I sometimes think that the Europeans have lost all subtlety, your barbarian origins are reasserting themselves. The approach to slave owning there is often so brutal. Constanza, tell me, do you ever take product back for resale?" You know we don't, Anatoly. It's too often damaged. We leave the resale. There was more than just dry grass to burn—there was all that dung. I just hoped that it burned out before the other fire got to us.Various other things were done to get ready for the arrival of the fire. I didn't know how the explosive warheads would react in the heat, so I asked that they all be dumped into the river. This would also ruin the arrows and bolts, but I did not see that we had a choice. The crossbows could be piled on the far bank, and we could hope that they survived the fire,.