.” There were more sounds of her blowing her nose. “But ... But wow. Maybe can we put it off, just for a bit? I need some time to settle down.”�...��Sure, sure. I love you.”“I know! I love you back ... Uh, I have to blow my nose again, one more time. Hang on...”A few moments later. “Right! Mark, there’s a few things you should know about. First of all, the three-way mind link you and Toshi and Frida are able to form, we tried to duplicate your ability last night. We must have tried over a hundred. "Uh, Issie, you might want to jump in on this..."A'moth, Isabelle, and even Hoshi spent the next hour talking with the girls and explaining the new world order. Hoshi would occasionally glance at me and look embarrassed with how hard it was for the girls to grasp what the adult women were saying. Talk about having trouble with reality shifts! I just smiled back and tried to show her I wasn't offended. A number of the girls would just stare at me as the conversation progressed. I wasn't upset. I. .. your secret's safe with me and I'll be waiting for those mimosas. Oh, and can you please contact guest services and have four more of the terrycloth robes sent up? Why yes, Emily, it's proving to be a very interesting evening... That's right, all of it to the master bedroom door... Good night, Emily."You see, girlfriend, it's all in what you know about who you know." I see... you know what else I see? I see a pretty little white girl in need of a fucking." Oh, and I suppose you're the one. His first official act as King was to havethe entire company of Royal Guards arrested. Now it was no great mystery as to how his loving father had come to such anabrupt end. "Lien the Butcher" was truly feared and despised by allof the nobility. They knew him better and hated him more than most of his subjects,but they were to a man much too timid to actively conspire against him. Thecommon folk simply lived their lives in constant terror. They were much toodesperate to waste time or energy on.