Lightning split the sky as she tried to wrench out of his embrace. “I got a quarter of the crew killed, and stranded the rest in a goddamn jungle, a...d you see?”He held her tight. “What do you want?” the rolling thunder cracked all around them.“I don’t know!” Belita snapped, squeezing her eyes shut. Her body went limp, the fight leaving her as fast as it had come... “I just ... I don’t want t’ do this anymore.”“Escape,” the creaking ship said.“Yes,” Belita said bitterly. “Tae run away and. ", she said. Darlin', this is an awkward situation. I've known you since you were a little girl and I realy should be going., I responded. "But, I'm not a little girl any more. I'm all grown now.", she said in a sexty tone removing her cover and revealing her beautiful young naked body to me. I can see that that., I said looking at her up and down. "Do you like what you see?", she asked excitedly. Sweety, you're beautiful., I responded. Hannah stood up, walked over to the side of her bed where. " Probably a good policy but in this case, you should." Right! So why pick an old geezer like me?" We have our reasons. It'll all make sense to you eventually. That's about all I can tell you for now. If you want an explanation of the physics behind all this, you'll have to talk to someone else. Any more questions?" Yeah, a few hundred. If the people I'm about to meet look like humans to begin with, why did they go to the trouble of getting you all dolled up in a hologram? Why not just send one. What social life Dr. Mautner did have was mostly with former patients, whowould come back to see him and tell him how well they were doing, somethingthat he definitely encouraged. His "alumnae", as he liked to refer to them,would sometimes even invite him to their weddings and later to thechristening or bar-mitzvas of their adopted children. He liked to takeformer patients to dinner at expensive restaurants (with their husbands orboyfriends, if possible), as though showing them off to the world.