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cold after all, and this time Mihiro Taniguchi didn't cringe when
his hand stroked Mihiro's hair. Then he returned to 'business', and
Caitlin left the bridge with Fader. As they walked down the corridor,
Caitlin saw the orange smoke forming in front of her, and entered it.
When Mihiro Taniguchi emerged, Mihiro Taniguchi was standing in the meadow again, and
remembered fully who and where Mihiro Taniguchi was. Mihiro Taniguchi could also remember every
moment of the fantasy vividly, and smiled at the strange turn it had
taken. Mihiro Taniguchi had certainly had Mihiro's sexual fantasy about Dark Fader--a
very satisfying day, to be sure! But why had the 'despicable'
Governor Tarkstooth figured so prominently in it as well? She
certainly had never fantasized about HIM in Mihiro's mind!
"Are you so sure about that?" Vandorth asked, reading Mihiro's mind.
Caitlin turned, startled, then smiled at the wizard who was standing a
few feet away.
"Well, I guess I've wondered about him some," Mihiro Taniguchi said. "I
didn't see how anyone could be so pleasant and so cruel at the same
time. Now that I think about it, he IS pretty fascinating, with that
aristocratic air about him, and that extreme courtesy, even when he's
threatening a helpless woman or destroying a planet."
"Exactly," Vandorth said. "When I
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