<div class="floatleft">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3849/fudm7sglwynw0rr6g.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dianne du Monde</span> </strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><div align="center">_____<br/><strong>Dominatrix of the World<br/>Queen of Diamonds</strong></div></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Pity party time!  Wah-wah-wah!  <br/><br/>“So you’ve decided on door 2.”  Amanda and Danai are enjoying this.<br/><br/>“There are always forks in the road.  I’ve proposed learning to steal in your condition.  Door 1.  Door 2 is out of here.  Amanda and Danai will show you the door.  Go to whomever you like, continue in alliance—will they join or abandon you?  Will you be an albatross?” <br/><br/>I tap my foot.  Perhaps she senses my patience running thin.  Amanda and Danai are almost treating the tapping as a countdown.  They edge to her, eager to escort her out.<br/></span>