Reputation is everything.

The work continued, we had developed a rhythm.

Wake up, shake off the lingering lust, finish our mission or grab a new one.

Do our best to rest at home or in a town with an Inn that had running water.

Beg my girls to ravage me and let me serve them.

Repeat.

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We were gaining a name for ourselves, we were efficient and kind, but brutal the moment something got in our way.

I wish I could say not having days off to unwind, wasn't getting to me, but it was.

To my embarrassment, I was taking it out on enemies and idiots.

Brushing against Kay's mind, the few times I used the mark, didn't help either, but it was teaching me better self control.

Willpower was something you couldn't really increase or so it was thought.

The elite likely knew that was not the case, we were learning that too.

Every struggle over come gave us more.

Small amounts at first.

The big things changed you alot.

If I wasn't always watching their pools and Roxy mine, I probably wouldn't have noticed.

I would need that self control and willpower for this mission.

"What do you mean we have to take this one, these suck?"

"Just what I said, you girls are becoming a known factor out here and we are hoping that reputation will stop issues from escalating."

"But all we do is stand around, the diplomats never do anything, just hot air and empty words, put some new blood on it and call it a day!"

I should have reigned Kay in, but I agreed with her, I was developing a need for action, and these missions, the ones I wanted this rank for in the first place, rubbed me the wrong way now, even if they guaranteed either an inn or bed at home.

"You know we don't let them do that, besides we've had trouble from these two groups in the past, neither represent a god or nation, but instead some merchant group and a trade guild, their own delegations are almost ready to draw steel on each other, let alone the other side, it's bad enough when it's just one group like that is a negotiation, but two? They are the reason these missions exist."

"We understand, just make sure your boss knows he owes us a drink for dealing with it. "

" I'm sure to pass it on, I'm sure he'll enjoy that... he was planning to pull you aside for a talk anyway. "

" Ohhh someone's in trouble! "

" Oh hush Kay, we both know Mir is the good one, if anyone is getting in trouble it's you. "

"You sure about that, we both saw how she bullied that other team we were supporting in following her lead, or the one she punched out the leader of before that, or-"

"OK Kay we get it, I'm learning all the wrong lessons from you, but cut me some slack, they were being so stupid, we had to heal half their men because they didn't know how to deploy them worth shit."

"Thanks for proving my point Ma'am, use that reputation, here are the details, please, keep them from distroying anymore property. "

By this point I was blushing, "I've not gotten that bad, right? Girls?"

With that ominous dismissal and my unanswered plea, we left, I was not looking forward to it at all.