She was as beautiful as I expected. She thanked me a hundred times, as we went inside. I had brought some wine and began drinking it when we got insid...e. I knew her husband would be home in thirty minutes. I asked Shari, “Are you going to be joining us?”She said, “Of course I am! I am not going to miss my chance to play too!”She asked me, “Is there anything off limits?” I replied, ”No marks and no poop or pee.” She laughed and said, “You have nothing to worry about, on those things!”Shari then. It was impressive to see. The two human men, Tarthan and Foran were working the ropes for the sails with the help of Overia and Tormin, the one halfling male on the ship. Once the ropes were untied, the halfling daughters scrambled up into the rigging to help with the sails, too. Kelesi, Delli, Alli, and Shalial were up there despite their rounding bellies.It was a relief as the pilot craft, a rowboat, turned the ship around. The sails caught the wind. We sailed from the Shizhuth Empire. Relief. Different. He couldbecome... more. William stood there, looking at himself in the mirror andlet his mind race contemplating who he was, what he was, and what he coulddo about it all.Some time later, William was outside Ms. Cortez's office. He'd checkedher calendar and cleared an hour on it after she'd returned from hermeeting. Normally, this would have been impudent of him to have clearedsuch time without clearing it through her first. But he needed the timewith his mistress. He needed. I heard from Mr Fitzsimmons that you burnt through a board at almost twelve miles with just light." That was only a toy that took an afternoon to build. We made it from spare parts lying around and lots of very good help. It was all the effort that Bell Labs gave me that made the test possible." That was a toy? It could burn through a board at twelve miles. And works at the speed of light?" One man said incredulously."Basically, it was a toy. It was just thrown together. If I had a good base.