”“Looks OK; reads well,” said Rachel.“I’ll let it sit till after lunch, then send it to the Minister, copying both Jason and Craig as well a...s Roy. I hope she’ll ask me to come and discuss things. I really don’t think I should be doing this ten or fifty or a thousand times.”“Yet that is an appropriate role for you. And you have effected this at a very minor cost to the State. Including the flight, I’ll bet this comes to under $5K.”“Perhaps under three.”“And that’s a lot less than shipping an. "Well?" I smile, I know that now he's mine; tonight, I am going to give him the time of his life! "I, well, I er," he stammers. "Take off your underpants," I whisper gently guiding him towards what we both know he wants. I swing my legs over the edge of my bunk and wait. He hesitates for a moment, glancing towards the spy hole in the door and just as I think that his courage may desert him, he whips down his 'pants, almost tripping over them as he practically charges at me, like a jousting. All the drinks are served in antique glasses, and made with antique cocktail shakers, even the bottle pourers are antique, I’ve collected them all of my life. Every night of the week features a different form of music, from Dixieland to Swing, from Jazz to Rock and Roll. I try to start off every evening with perhaps a folk singer or jazz soloist and their own compositions. I love to hear a song I’ve never heard before. Hearing what another person has created refreshes my own creativity, and I. I want to prove that I am different. I don't want to be hunted my whole life." To prove what you say, we must put you through some horrible tortures, so that the truth will be forced from you."I nodded. "I – I know." Fine. Guards, strip him!" she ordered.The guards were not gentle; they wrenched my jeans and underwear down, and physically tore the shirt from my body. The clothes then were heaped onto a brazier, where they smouldered, and then burst into flames. There was no turning back.I stood.