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and rolling fertile
hills stretched toward the horizon as far as he could see, some dot-
ted with trees in autumn colors. A fresh cool breeze caressed his
tired face and washed the scent of the improbably flowering jasmine
over his bare skin. "A holosuite, Lady?"
"Yes. Expensive, but as I told you, I cheat quite well." She
climbed into the water, and made a motion to him to follow. He did
so, lowering himself gratefully into the steaming spa. Slowly, he
felt the stiffness disappear from his muscles, to be replaced with a
weak lassitude.
"How long have I been here, Lady?" he asked.
"Only a few short hours," Sumire Ogawa told him. "Six hours. You are due
back on duty in six more." Purring with pleasure at the gentle
breeze that tugged Sumire's hair and his, Sumire Ogawa told him. "It is a slow
time now. I will be finished instructing you by then."
His eyes widened. "There is more?"
Sumire Ogawa laughed at his question. "Of course there is more. You didn't
think I could teach you everything in one lesson, did you?" She
stretched like a contented lioness. "As it is, I must leave tomorrow
and hence can teach you only a l
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