" My blood being pinkish gray was the most obvious reason I'd included the crap about my body chemistry being changed. I prefer for that not to be dis...covered because it was so weird, but it was hard to see how we could avoid such a basic identity test. As I was on camera, it was best to pretend to have no qualms whatsoever about being tested."You've got a hole in your head?" asked one of the reporters hopefully. Apparently he had a hole in his too: a cavernous one, in the center."In my OTHER. ?Present your neck slave.??Yes Mistress.? Seeing the collar being held before her, before finishing speaking, her hands were moving to lift her hair from where it lay against her neck. She found herself holding her breath at feeling the touch of leather against her skin, the sound of the metallic click causing her pulse to briefly race in knowing it was locked in place. Letting go of her hair, allowing it to fall back into place, each bridesmaid now began moving deftly to secure a cuff around. "That way we'll know how much of what kind of fertilizer you'll need," he said.Karen decided she was going to stay at home that night, but warned her father that she might be staying with us most of the week.Day 144 Monday, March 14When we got home from school, Claude had the shaft fixed and had already installed it on the BrushHog. I changed clothes and got to work.The field we were going to plant was mostly level. It had been farmed until four years ago, but there had been a lot of tall weeds. He is actually a bit miffed this time, because he had been considering tying his raft to this very rock, but her presence disturbs his perception of the situation. When he turns his head to give the raft a shove with his pole, she slips away again. He shakes his head slowly and continues on his way. At the next bend he brings the raft to the bank, ties it to a large oak, and sets up his meager camp. After setting a pair of cane poles into the muddy bank to bring forth his evening meal he.