In the wake of a shopping trip...
I gave her a thorough once-over. Low-heeled ankle boots that had a pattern of piecework and color that would have made them something like saddle shoes had there been more than a hair's contrast between the two shades of leather. Red spandex biker shorts. Black leather jerkin-like top with a military cut to it. Surmounting it all was that trenchcoat -- Australian-made, matte black leather, hanging nearly to her heels. She wore it slipped over her shoulders like a cape, a single button at the top of the chest holding it in place like a cloakpin. Between its swirls I thought I could see the end of her scabbard. She stopped a couple of feet away from me, planted her fists on her hips, and gave me that artless, confident grin of hers. "What do you think?"I looked her over a second time, and shook my head. "I knew Ishouldn't have let you stay up all night watching 'Highlander'."She laughed. "I can't wait to let Akio know that there can beonly *one* prince."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
I gave her a thorough once-over. Low-heeled ankle boots that had a pattern of piecework and color that would have made them something like saddle shoes had there been more than a hair's contrast between the two shades of leather. Red spandex biker shorts. Black leather jerkin-like top with a military cut to it. Surmounting it all was that trenchcoat -- Australian-made, matte black leather, hanging nearly to her heels. She wore it slipped over her shoulders like a cape, a single button at the top of the chest holding it in place like a cloakpin. Between its swirls I thought I could see the end of her scabbard. She stopped a couple of feet away from me, planted her fists on her hips, and gave me that artless, confident grin of hers. "What do you think?"I looked her over a second time, and shook my head. "I knew Ishouldn't have let you stay up all night watching 'Highlander'."She laughed. "I can't wait to let Akio know that there can beonly *one* prince."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.