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like fine
mist over a lake. The spa itself appeared to be set into a lush
green lawn and was ringed with fragrant jasmine, 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," Keiko Harase told him. "Six hours. You are due
back on duty in six more." Purring with pleasure at the gentle
breeze that tugged Keiko's hair and his, Keiko Harase told him. "It is a slow
time now. I will be finished instructing you by then."
His eyes widened. "There is more?"
Keiko Harase laughed at his question. "Of course there is more. You didn't
think I could teach you everything in o
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