Jesse judged it was caused by rising emotion andnot by long minutes staring unblinkingly into 3D goggles. He wasbreathing heavily, his face was conto...ted, and he seemed on the verge ofcrying. He looked desperate."You've got to help me," Thomas pleaded. "Please, restart it, I have tofinish this. It's all I have left." He walked quickly up the shortstaircase, past a stunned Jesse, and into the control room.Jesse offered, "Brandon went to find our supervisor, he'll be back in aminute, maybe. " And she left it at that. I wanted desperately to ask her more about it, but I wasn't so stupid that I couldn't interpret that properly. So I simply came up behind her, wrapped my hands around her waist, and kissed her cheek. "There's something else I need to tell you," I said. My aunt smiled. "Okay. But first, let me just quickly go on the record as saying that it's incredibly hot that you didn't ask me what the one thing she regrets that I already know about is. I know you want to know. You. My wife and I had been discussing new bodies, as were getting older, theprocess had become routine and cost effective, and the law had changed toallow the older generation making the switch to legally "die" puttingtheir wills into motion. They would have a new identity (that they hadchosen) and new social security number) that they hadn't. This way theycould be friends with their kids and grandkids, if they wanted, withoutthe guilt of not passing on some of their wealth.My wife and I were more. Though our day is providing us with so much sunshiny beauty and clear blue skies, my nervous tension is bringing us a blanketing of gray. Unaware of what your movements are soon to expose, I continue staring out of my passenger side window. The sound of, ding-dang-dong startles me back into our shared reality. A text is coming through on my cell phone. All I can think is what a great distraction. Leaning forward, I gather into my slightly shaking hand my phone from the dash where it is settled,.