"He is less than a woman but I suppose we could use that method," Jorgarn sneered. "In Longview, men are tied to four horses which are then sent in di...fferent directions. It's called quartering. I understand it is highly painful and it takes a while to die after your limbs are ripped from your body. Some men have lived for a week afterward because we cauterize the wound to staunch the bleeding. The remains are buried at five points on the compass. Our priests believe it ensures the man will. She still had five minutes on her allotted time, so she made sure the videoconference equipment was reset and the lens cap was on. Then she opened the door to the rest of the East Satellite facility."I'm all done. Next."Five people, looking a little uncomfortable in their best 'go to meeting' clothes, smiled and filed past her. She hummed a little as she headed for the deck around the pool. It wasn't exactly warm outside, but the sunshine felt good. The roof had been pulled back just the day. Then they called meback to another room and had me inhale a few breaths from something likean oxygen mask. When I left, I was Patient Zero for the new patch.I emailed the NeoTG support group list as soon as I got to my hotel,CC'ing Sheila and Stan and some other friends, then went down to thenearest buffet restaurant and loaded up plate after plate. I put it awayuntil I couldn't find any more room, and crawled off to bed. I mademyself pig out again at breakfast, despite my gastrointestinal. "I wanna go home."Will laughed a little. "Look around the tent. We're all family. We're here for you." It took Will about ten minutes to get the whole story out of Andy. Some of the other second year scouts had been teasing him about being a baby since he didn't know where anything was or what to do in camp.Will called Hal Long over. He explained that a good patrol leader better take care of all his scouts. Hal needed to fix the problem and get his patrol working as a team again. Hal agreed to.