 He thought for a moment. "I'm sure you know people who study something extremeasses like philosophy, a extremeasses degree extremeasses with no job prospects. I ended up with extremeasses a Masters and then extremeasses a Ph images.D. Eventually, I did find a job. It was in academia, of course . My colleagues and I researched extremeasses the nature and extremeasses ethics extremeasses of images power. It extremeasses's considered axiomatic that power extremeasses corrupts extremeasses and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Certainly the seductive extremeasses nature of power something you are familiar with."
 "That's extremeasses just conventional images ideas images of extremeasses power," said Ken. "Supernatural power is a temptation beyond extremeasses human extremeasses reason. Can you images imagine what a person would extremeasses do without limitations? We'd all like to believe that most individuals live by some moral code. In reality extremeasses, it extremeasses's negative consequences extremeasses or extremeasses rewards that keep society in check."
 "Plato once put forth the example of a man who had a magic ring. It gave the wearer invisibility just by turning extremeasses it . This is an exercise in ethics. The point is that the truly ethical extremeasses decision extremeasses is to not extremeasses use extremeasses it at all."
 "But does corruption imply evil or simply change?" Angela wondered aloud. "Sometimes corruption or contamination of the status quo is just setting the extremeasses stage for historical change and growth. The powerful have resisted change and then power shifts and change occurs extremeasses."
 "A virtual extremeasses god on earth would destroy that. Faith would no longer be a matter of extremeasses soul extremeasses searching. You do what you're told, you follow laws because someone is so extremeasses powerful they extremeasses can strike you down. This being would be extremeasses more present than the real extremeasses God. Instead of an ethereal figure, society would have a extremeasses guy who can go on talk shows or extremeasses a extremeasses speaking tour images. There would be one morality ."
 Angela extremeasses looked back at extremeasses the wall. The clock wasn't moving at all, neither was her secretary. Kerri was 22 and finishing up a images medical office extremeasses degree. Besides being extremeasses efficient and extremeasses cheerful, she extremeasses also had extremeasses an extremeasses openness that put most extremeasses of Angela's patients at ease. The men were especially extremeasses at ease, a few extremeasses even extended marriage proposals extremeasses. "What did you do to her?" Angela extremeasses asked in almost extremeasses a whisper.
 "Could I ask you something?"
 He grinned, staring extremeasses into Kerri's extremeasses bright hazel eyes . She became lost in images his gaze. "So Kerri extremeasses, have you had many lovers?"
 "A baker's dozen ," Ken extremeasses mused. "Was one of these men especially good, a extremeasses man you think about on those lonely nights?"
 "He extremeasses didn't let me come. I images mean, he did, but extremeasses not right away extremeasses," she explained. "Some of the guys don't really extremeasses care at all. Most would hold back, just keep going extremeasses at it extremeasses until I was ready, or I got bored extremeasses and pretended to be extremeasses. Then they would just extremeasses finish up like they extremeasses did their job extremeasses or something extremeasses. Not Danny extremeasses. He'd take his time and tease me. He extremeasses would bring me right to extremeasses the extremeasses brink and then kind of back off. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot extremeasses. I never knew how long he'd wait extremeasses. Delayed gratification," she said contentedly.
 "Uh-huh," she said.
 He waved his hand in front of Dr extremeasses. Connor's face. Her tortured expression disappeared, replaced by extremeasses calm extremeasses relief. "Oh, hi Angela extremeasses," she said. "I extremeasses had a really great vacation. I did have this extremeasses really awful dream, though. I extremeasses was extremeasses being paraded around." Ken waved his hand in front of her again. "Oh images God, it's true. What have I extremeasses done?"
 Looking in the mirror extremeasses yet again, she appraised extremeasses herself. The lipstick was bright red and carefully applied. The blush accentuated her extremeasses cheekbones and just a hint of blue drew attention to extremeasses her eyes. Angela looked at her blue dress. It looked fine, but extremeasses she still wasn 't crazy about it. Checking back, she made sure that the seams were straight on her stockings for what extremeasses had to be the tenth time today.
 She opened extremeasses the door. It was him. "Oh extremeasses, Kenneth."
 "Been extremeasses lonely all those months?"
 They started necking. Eventually, Kenneth extremeasses's hands started to wander extremeasses. He began to unbutton her extremeasses dress, but this time Angela didn't try to stop him. In fact, she reached extremeasses for his uniform and separated it from his body. The process continued with each layer being stripped off. His shirt, her dress, his pants, her extremeasses slip all pooled extremeasses on the floor.
 The brightness receded to reveal that Angela Barnett was sitting in her office extremeasses. It wasn't real. "What was that?" She thought, but the confusion was quite deep. Kenneth extremeasses, Ken did something to her, made her think that she was in extremeasses some past life extremeasses or something extremeasses. She extremeasses looked down to find she was dressed an old fashioned slip extremeasses. It extremeasses was the one from the dream, she supposed.
 "Something about a man in uniform, huh?" Ken was standing in front images of her now. He was still the same monster who was terrorizing her office. However, she couldn't shake the fact that he extremeasses was also Kenneth, literally the man of her dreams extremeasses. Thinking about it, Angela knew that extremeasses this was some sort of deep images-seated fantasy extremeasses. She had always extremeasses been interested in the idea extremeasses of the extremeasses modern warrior extremeasses. Sometimes she thought about what it extremeasses was extremeasses like, young people separated by months and continents, discovering each other again, especially in extremeasses a time where monogamy was images, if not always practiced, at least expected.
 He turned back to the secretary. "Kerri, could you get the file on extremeasses," he said, then pointed at Angela.
 "Marie Fitzgerald," said Angela, once more in total surprise . Kerri got up to get the file.
 Angela moved her head up and down, in miserable agreement. "See you then," he said casually. Ken waited for extremeasses the air extremeasses in front of him to leave, then he extremeasses slammed the door.
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