Chapter 116
The winged hound of Zeus, the ravening eagle,
Coming an unbidden banqueter the whole day long,
With savage appetite
Shall tear your body piecemeal
Into great rents and feast his fill upon your liver
Until it is black with gnawing."
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—Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
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APAUSHA
Sata'an Merchant Marine pilot Lieutenant Apausha paced back and forth, his hands over his earholes to block out the incessant shrieking of the alarm. Normally he would sit docilely in his cubicle at the far end of the harem to avoid the inevitable showdown when a guard barged in, their adrenaline level jacked up to the ceiling, and misconstrued his worry for aggression.
But…
He glanced at the nineteen human women, three of them holding newborn infants, who'd all crammed in the cubicle where he us
