She flinched as her arm was grabbed and she was spun around. There before her was a short, ale-bellied, old man leering at her. His smile revealed tha...t most of his teeth were gone and the ones left to him were badly stained. Tammi recognized him from seeing him in the village, it was Herbert! He was dressed in his finest clothes, relatively clean with no visible holes, and wore a glittering cod-piece on his crotch. "Don't you be using that filthy pool girl; I'll get you a nice, big looking. He plunged on, "That young lady in the lounge has just been abandoned by the asshole who promised her a ride. If you're heading for the city, perhaps you could help her out? I'd really appreciate it."I looked in the direction his chin had pointed and saw a very healthy looking young woman, someone I would never have hesitated to accommodate--before I got married. "I'll have to see what my wife says, but it's alright with me." I hated to think what my wife would say, it seemed like she always. Another potential recruit was already sitting at the conference table with his parents. He was African-American. He was built like a hunk of granite. He obviously worked out as much as I did. I looked him over for a few seconds. He looked familiar. I had seen him somewhere before. I walked over and offered my hand to him."Hi. I'm Kyle Martin," I said. He stood up and shook my hand."I remember, Kyle. We met at the championship game last fall. I'm Damian..." Yeah! Damian Thompson. I remember. How. "Nusrat, who is in charge of the CL-2 militia at Babylon?"The man blushed for a moment and then replied, "I am, Abdul Hadi, trying to get things organized here I mean. I don't mean to usurp my superiors, but" Yes, I know. Your superiors decided to go to war with each other. You are to be commended for taking the initiative. Tell me, is their warfare still confined to the sacred monastery?"He paused for a second. "Currently yes. We have pulled all our available Priests from the child monasteries.