<strong>"Why do you ask?  You already confessed once to lying about your identity...should I be suprised that you've done it again?  Oh, do not worry--I <em>will</em> punish you for having done so.  One must keep up...the rules...otherwise you girls will walk all over me the first time I feel soft-hearted."</strong><br/><br/>She sits up and gives Faridah a calculating, curious look.<br/><br/><strong>"What is it that you feel compelled to confess for Mommy, little one?  It had best be worth another night of frustration, for your own sake."</strong>