So far he seems to be generally doing the right thing.”“Not in the slightest. Not even close,” Selwyn said tightly.“Well at least he’s banne...d replicators, and we’re not in a war, so reducing the military strength to save money seems to me to be a good idea.”“There’s reducing, and there’s gutting. Plus, we need to be increasing, not decreasing.”“Why? To fight whom? The Israelis took care of most of the Arabs; the Russkies and the Chinks are both too far away to worry about, and don’t seem to be. "Just when you think things are going along just swimmingly, BOOM! The bottom falls out of it." I still say he's way too cute," Rhi offered with a casual wave of her long fingers. "Who cares if he's on parole? That's in the past."I sat in numbed silence, staring unseeingly into my iced tea."He's good in bed, isn't he?" Rhi asked.I nodded automatically in response."So then what's the problem? You like him, he's a good fuck, and he's hot. Give the man a chance, Lil." You did take him home to meet. With that Michael led her into the store. Everywhere she looked, there were things that she had never seen before. Some caused her to blush and some just left her curious. Michael led her to a wall of leather collars and such stuff. Michael began to pick out collars that he thought would look good on her. He seemed to like the leather ones with gemstones on them. He handed her a black shiny one. Try this on, he told her. She did and he approved it. He handed her another one, this time red. As. "There are deer roaming in the woods to the west, tonight my pack we hunt!" the older wolf said pointedly."For sport or for the kill?"The younger male showed no emotion or judgement just an idle curiosity and so the older male answered easily enough."We eat well enough as humans, the hunt is a good way of keeping our senses keen, we do not need to kill to hone our skill!" Aye that we don't, pack leader."The two females glanced back at their father, and he fixed them with his black eyed.