Don't expect the people in authority to be smarter or wiser than you. I have found the opposite to be true, in most cases. I have watched my ideas be ...blown away by higher ups, only to find out that I was right, a few years down the road.It is only when you feel secure in your own identity, that you will find true contentment. When you stick to what you believe, and are not swayed by others, that is when you will realize your greatest potential. None of the great explorers or inventors was. "Yes, Colette, I mean it with all my heart. We'll leave this dark place, and begin a new life — together. I've considered leaving alone so many times that the choice to leave with you now, or to stay in this miserable place, is obvious."Colette put her hand on his cheek. "You should go, before Lavina and Mother return."Tharsas nodded, kissed her again, and then left the room — though all he wanted to do was stay forever.He immediately sought out Vargas, who smiled and rose to greet him, "Good. I was lucking the bullet hit my magazines and spread the energy out instead of impacting into my vest which probably would have broken ribs. "Grenade!" I heard Dove yelling as she came diving down the stairs into a forward summersault. She did a beautiful rolling round-off into a cartwheel to a backflip running backward into the elevator. Dee and I had already jumped into the elevator and Dee turned the key closing the doors. The boom was loud and the doors looked like they bulged a little. Dee. Ten minutes later I pulled up at a gas station.I needed to use a bathroom and clean the windshield…As I came out from the ladies’ room, a handsome young black guy was cleaning the cum stains from all over the dashboard. I waited for him to finish and thanked him for the job.He smiled at me, asking if I needed some extra service. I did not understand what he wanted to say; but I suddenly followed my arousal and grabbed his dark hand. I then led him back to the ladies’ room. The poor guy tried to.