I only had twelve points from the field but eight from the free throw line for twenty. My pride was all in my rebounding. Today I had nine offensive a...nd eleven defensive rebounds, my best ever.After the game and trophy awards, the coach said we had four days off until the next practice, but those who used the gym and weight room would get brownie points. He said we had grown a great deal as a team because we found a way to get ourselves out of our funk by running. He said he would have to. It was close. It had to sacrifice a considerable amount of mass to various containment systems before it found the best hiding spot: inside one of the Angali. It took time to adapt to their nervous system but when it did...In Earth terms: The Angali were lizard people, depending on what they were bred for they varied in size from four to nine feet tall. Their coloring also varied depending on rank which they took very seriously. They had eight muscular arms that they used to scramble about in. We walked out to the end of the city pier and watched the old river flow past as several small ships were working their way upstream against the tide."Who t'hell are you?" she asked leaning back on the rail and shading her eyes. The rising sun glinted through her gold-colored hair. She wore a costume of some sort of twill, a dark-green jacket over a frilly shirt and a wide skirt of lighter green, both adorned by brass buttons and rolled cording."Just a soldier," I said, enjoying the stimulating. Her voice softened slightly and she said, “You may kneel at rest while we wait.”Holly and I raised our bodies slightly so that we were now basically sitting on our feet as we knelt. I know that is a lot easier for holly to do than it is for me, but it was still a relief from holding myself totally on the ground.It was only a few minutes before Mistress Sam and Mistress Tracy arrived. Their slaves, puddy tat and cynthia came with them. While the Mistresses were busy doing something to the.