"Angela laughed. "I agree."Robert continued his thought. "The only reason you would erect somethingthat difficult would be for religious reasons or as... a sign of power."Angela grinned and Robert thought he saw a twinkle in her eye thatseemed to suggest she knew something he did not. "A sign of power? Whatdo you mean by that?" Well," Robert knew what he meant but struggled to put his meaning intowords, "like, people go and climb the highest mountain not because it'seasy but because they want to. “You speak with an odd accent. Where’d you pick it up?”“Alas, I only encounter humans every few decades. Most of my English was learned during the 1920s, so I maintain some of each generation’s phrasings.”“They’re on their way,” Xi announced, returning with Ivan and Zita.“Can you open your door?” Betty asked.“Assuredly,” it answered as the side before her simply drew back on itself with no visible seams.“Come on, get them in. I—”Three gunshots, muted by the distance, interrupted Betty’s words.. Everybody knows you're hot for her. At the very least, Josh is spreading shit about Nao. At the worst, he's touching her up. And you know he's a scumbag. He'll get bored and trash her when he's done."I sighed."So what am I supposed to do about it? Throw down? Fuck him up? Then we'll both get thrown off the squad for fighting. And he'll kick my arse anyway because he's six inches taller than me." Well it'll be worse if—" If what?" I interrupted him. "I warned her about him back at boot camp. She. Vern said that there had been an extra 500 people sign up. They had lots of emails very excited about seeing Marie with two dogs. It had been quite a show I must admit. After the usual cup of coffee Vern headed off to organise his camera, Angela took Marie to get prepared and I took my spot in front of the wide screen TV. All was ready for the 3pm start.Right on 3pm Marie entered the room. Naked and leading the Doberman, Berny, she took off the lead and began to tease him. I was not sure if.