Pad picked up the item, as the boat heaved slightly to one side. “Hey, Ann, what is this?” Ann grinned. “That’s chicken. It’s good but be careful of the stick.” Pad noticed that Ann dressed in pastel colors, but she maintained the same feminine manners. The servers and wait staff treated her with respect. Chaz explained that in Thai Buddhism ladyboys, or Kathoeys, comprised a good segment of society and lived their lives outwardly as women. Pad bit the meat on the end, trying not to yank the whole piece out with his teeth. “Has a peanut taste. Does everything around here have to taste like peanuts?” Chaz guffawed. “Did you just say p***s?” RJ joined in, his mood helped by the two bottles of beer he had downed in half an hour’s time. “And, here I thought, you always liked penis.” “Ha H