<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0a/Rudy_reyes.jpeg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Santiago,</span><em>First Mate and "Public Relations"</em><br/>One month ago<br/><em>Mariner's Gate</em>space station<br/>Tagging - Thalia Linnea<br/>Location -<em>Silverlight</em>nightclub<br/><hr/><br/>Didn't expect to win.  I would have been more than content to be obliged to trade mutual massages with Thalia.  I thought maybe she was giving me an easy one.<br/><br/>Now, when I say I've been a lot of places and picked up a phrase or two here and there, it was true.  And it was almost always because I met a member of the fairer sex that taught me so.<br/><br/>Truth be told, I could not say for sure what Thalia was saying to me.  But I did recognize the sound of Italian, especially the way she spoke it.  There was something very sensual and earthy to the way she talked at me.  But there was one fragment that stood out -<em>"insultarme in cinese."</em><br/><br/>Pretty gorram close to "insult me in Chinese."<br/><br/>I responded to that part alone.  "Chwee Ni Duh, Meh Lien Duh Jya Jee."<br/><br/><em>Screw you, you shameless hussy.</em><br/><br/>I widened my eyes at her, barely containing a smile as I sipped my own drink, yet still trying to read her to determine if I won our bet or not.<br/><br/>"For what's it's worth, you sure do use that tongue real good."<br/><br/><br/><br/>