Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

urst into riotous laughter. He was mad, and she worriedabout the wine he’d had. The matriarch said somethingfirmly. The sergeant forced a chuckle, then took her chin inhis hand and grimaced. She knew he used only a fraction ofhis strength, but he still gripped her pretty hard. She was veryconscious of the fact that a thirty two inch, razor sharp,bronze rapier was still on his belt. Then he dropped his handand turned away.Mr. pat-ass walked out toward her. He was a slightlysmaller guy than the sergeant, at least ten years younger,probably younger than she was in appearance. His strolltoward her was accompanied by a chorus of hoots and howlsfrom all present, lead by the other two soldiers and the boatcaptain. The sergeant kept out of it, went back to his tablebeside the matriarch and the single son and picked up hisgoblet with a glance at the woman of the house.Mr. Pat-ass, Patass for short, came up to the bathtub,removed his sandals, tunic and crotch-wrap, and sat in the tubwith his arms folded. He politely issued some command. Thecrowd laughed again, not quite as hard as when she showedthe sergeant to the tub. She stared at his naked body beforeher, he was quite well done and had obviously removed all hisclothing while the sun was shining fairly often. There were notanning creams here.He indicated for her to come on. She wondered if hemeant get on him in the tub. She would do what she meantwith this tub, and began to fill it. There were black jugs of392