010614 #eel Please let Snake win, she said in confidence, whispering in my ear as the whole room waited to see how this interuption by the new guy of their normal routine was going to shake out. Before I could talk about the ridiculousness of that, of which I'm sure she was aware, she kissed me, once, twice, thrice, so soft and sweet and murmuring that I got all jellylike and said Okay, dumbly. She smiled.