I felt something solid tap me on the shoulder while a wooden, hollow sound repeated in my ears.I felt something solid tap me on the shoulder while a wooden, hollow sound repeated in my ears. I turned to look, and found Aaden holding a shaft of bamboo, about 75cm long and maybe 4cm in diameter. "What's this for?" I asked? "You said you wanted to hit something," he said. "Use me." The anger I felt subsided momentarily to make room for something else. "Aaden, that's not even funny." "I didn't say it was supposed to be. I am not an inappropriate target. Go ahead, take the staff." I took it in my left hand, then shifted it over to my right. "It's pretty light. We've got some teflon canes heavier than this." He nodded. "That's why I brought it. Go ahead, Ken. Take it out, on me. I trust you, you won't hurt me." I looked into his deep brown eyes, which have entranced me every day of my life since I met him. I could not believe what he was telling me to do, asking me to do. "Aaden." "Come on," he hissed, and I felt us both shifting into play mode slowly. |