”“OK, sure, I can understand that,” Lydia said. “But why is me having sex with Snowy not a problem, and you having sex with Snowy is a problem...”“Because, from a standard male perspective, you are not a competition,” I explained to her. “Come on, you know most men dream about lesbian sex. But me… I’m a guy. I do everything he does, and I can even – on some primal level of understanding – take her away from him. It’s not rational, it’s instinctive.”“And they say women are complicated,” Lydia. Yes, I owned a chunk of the building, but ordering Security around is heavy handed. It works better if you allow your people to at least try to present a good face.That said, I was not impressed. My car and driver were an open book. At least one of my senior people should have contacted me before I arrived and all of them should have met me at the door. Instead I was greeted by a perky bottle blond named Roxanna. If she was having carnal relations with anyone in the office, both of, all of, the. . I can show you this clearly in the mathematics..." Kalea's mind appeared to drift."Ha!" laughed Mark. "Clear maybe to Mayoni or Hiapo... Kalea, can you pretend that the Ring is physical and just continue with your report?" Sure! Sorry. There used to be three slip bubbles, The Aina bubble, the core bubble, and the Earth bubble. The Ring popped the Aina slip bubble. The core bubble is in direct contact with Aina. This is a much more stable connection, perhaps infinitely stable, perhaps. I just deal with them. After all, just because someone hurts my feelings, it doesn’t mean that I have to broadcast it to the world. Just because I’ve made a fool of myself, that doesn’t mean I have to wallow in self pity. ‘Hello, Penny Collins-Lynch. How was your Fourth of July gig?’ ‘Well, I spent most of the day in a meeting, so I didn’t get to see any of people I don’t know, but that’s okay, they’ll be other events.’ ‘That’s a bummer, and you really went all out for it. Just look at you!’.