The larger man appeared to be very confident and the one in charge, while the smaller man appeared to be more indecisive.“You ain’t as smart as yo...u thought, Wizard,” the larger man said with a huge grin.“You had us chasing that fucking rat all night, but we caught up with it the next morning when it was light out and easier to see. Joey and me blew that sucker away then, but the cops took the damn body to check it for rabies. The Boss was real unhappy about that,” he finished with a. Her feet were killing her and her shouldersscreamed in silent agony as she stood in the receiving pit, awaiting her newOwner. She couldn?t think of Him as Master. Not yet, and perhaps never. But Hedid buy her, and she was now His, so Owner would do. The crowd moved as one organism, parting to allow her Ownerthrough. The man accepted her papers from the auction official, and wound herleash in one calloused hand. ?Come?, he tugged at her leash. Ugh. One of those. Reinforcing every. You almost reallywreaked things you know that? But it really doesn't matter in the longterm. Just a couple of more hours from now and it really won't matter inthe long term because it never happened at all."Quentin slapped the sand about Lewis's face, probably to get hisattention he supposed, as if he wouldn't be watching and planning justwhat he would do the moment he got his hands around that scrawnypsycho's neck."The reason you don't have any memory of how you got here is this; thereis a. In the real world, an attacker won’t expect you to know what you’re doing, so you’ll have the element of surprise. In class, students usually try countermoves.’ ‘Countermoves?’ Mrs. Lerch said. She looked puzzled. ‘I’ll show you what I mean,’ Tommy said. He stepped behind her again. ‘I’m going to grab you again,’ he said. ‘Only this time, when you do your move, I’m going to counter it. You’ll see what I mean.’ He grabbed her exactly the same way he had before, and she did exactly the same.