A beautiful day and the sun is shining for the first time in ages as matan reflects on his progress and his path to slavery and wonders what he can do to improve himself. More training is the answer for he is still lacking on many counts and this is often reflected in his actions and reactions to situations he encounters. Although he tries his best at all times there are days when nothing seems to go right and he ends up upsetting his Mistress for the most unneccessary of reasons. matan always ends up regretting what he has done but it is so easy to be wise after the event and he knows that Gor is the most unforgiving place of all.