Michael sat down at his desk, feeling a little bad about the coffee since Billy would take flak for it. That, of course, was the price of being an int...ern. Being ignored, abused and run ragged for little or no pay. He remembered those days. Good times. Well, not really. He forgot about Billy as he began looking through his e-mail. He had three windows open with three different e-mail accounts that he maintained. One was for his work on the magazine, one was for his courier work and one was. My fingers fumbled at the mouse… deep down I knew I would be disappointed, but I just had to check. My inbox showed I had fifteen unread emails, and I began reading through them. One after one, it was one-line emails either asking me for my phone number or address; but then there was one that was rather long. Before I read it, I decided to read the rest which were of course all the same. By the time I finished the rest, my patience was beginning to run thin. I opened the email and read it not. As he nears the bed, I adjust my position on the bed then freeze at his harsh look. My body is beginning to cramp from holding such an awkward position. He approaches me with two scarves. He gently turns my head away from him and places the first across my eyes. Darkness fills me, matching the darkness I receive from the pleasure he gives me. The pain allows me to roam freely in the feeling of subservience and submission. He turns my head towards him. I open my mouth anticipating the second. You are no longer welcome at the burg.”Hogun stepped back and Isegrim pushed past him onto the street, just as two Union Security guards alerted by the doctor reached the door. Isegrim laughed at them in an almost mad sounding cackle. “Off World lackeys you are bound by your rules. Step out and I teach you a lesson!”Hogun appeared completely baffled, as one of the guards said. “I am indeed unable to enforce Union law on Nilfeheim ground, but I am also a Freeman of this world, and you threatened.