“Don’t you give up. Don’t you leave me. You are stronger than this. Do you hear me? You are stronger than anyone I’ve known. Stronger than the...se paltry wounds. You are a good, strong man, a Knight of the realm and the finest sword hand I’ve ever seen. Men couldn’t stop you. You faced down a bear without flinching. My warrior Lord wouldn’t let himself succumb to some pathetic fever and infection! It’s not the end you deserve, and I won’t let it happen. I won’t!” Brave words. Brave, rash words,. Owl then drove the truck up the access road far enough to find the calthrops to puncture its tires. He drove a bit farther on flattening tires--far enough to block the entrance gate. This would slow down the emergency vehicles when they finally arrived to fight the fire the Birdmen planned to start.Eagle and Hawk were sitting on the loading dock with their feet dangling off the edge waiting for Owl to return. Owl showed up, and Hawk handed him the Tommy gun she was holding. She said, "As the. My tits were still a generous 'E' cup at the time, now some years later I'm up to an 'F'. I had struggled for the most part of the year on what my father has sending me plus a couple of low paid part time jobs. Just lately I have been doing some out of curricular activities to earn a lot of money, a real lot of money."Hi dad, mum," I greet as I open the front door."Hi sis," called out Mark from the front room, he's my older brother.It was good to get home if just for a few weeks, get some rest. The first two months were both busy and interesting. I spent most of the evenings in the apartment and had been out for dining and dancing only a few times with my new friends. Then one Wednesday evening everything turned different. As a part of my training I had been working at one of the local offices, which had "open house" for giving their preferred customers personal advice in different matters.It had been a busy evening and the last customer had left us about 7.30 P.M ... The local boss,.