I had to go to the Civil Service gentleman in charge of male concubines for advice." Gonzalo?" The Dean asked. I nodded. "Nice fellow. Effective, too.... So, do you want to do this thing, or not?" I'm ... conflicted." Let's ask him what would happen..." I nodded assent and the Dean set up communications with Mr. Cuatrecasas."Mr. Harmon!" Gonzalo greeted me. "More trouble with Hernando already?" No, I think I have a lock on that," I replied."Jasper has another rescue in mind, but there are. "Yep, I did, but then your guys on defense shut me down. That was a cute trick, using a double sweeper. Didn't hurt your offense any to do that, either, did it?"I smiled. "No, I guess it didn't." And, if I remember right, you got the assist on the winning goal that game, didn't you?" he asked."Well," I said hesitantly, "yeah, I guess I did." See? You did torch me." He laughed. "Set on fire by a sophomore! Boy, that felt good, let me tell you." He started steering me toward the group he had left. The sword bit deeply into the man’s shoulder, through the lighter layer of the brigandine there. The red-eye dropped his weapon and fell to his knees, blood gushing over the tiny metal plates that covered the armor.Ignoring him, Corec saw another opponent to his left. After checking that none of his friends were nearby, he swung the glowing greatsword in a wide arc, aiming at the new target. The blade hit the man’s torso, again biting into the armor.Was the blue glow similar to Venni’s. ”That was not the answer he was expecting. Curious, he asked, “What do you want to do with all this money?”“We pay off some of our bills with half of the money. With the rest, I want to buy a new wardrobe. I want you to buy a new wardrobe.”The idea of new wardrobes sounded like a step in the right direction. He sat up and paid closer attention to what she was saying and asked, “Anything else?“If we pay off a few of our bills rather than reduce our balances on all of them, I figure that we would.
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