“I once saw an anime when holos first came out. My friend in high school loved watching them. All the programming was in Japanese. The holo I rememb...red was in English. Jirou was the second son, but he got the girl by the end of the episode. I’m not sure why I remembered that particular detail, but when you told me your name, there was that memory.”“It was most likely dubbed, but you are correct. I am the second son of my parents, and my name celebrates that. Maybe, I’ll even get the girl.”I. She loved to inflict pain on his toned, muscular body, knowing that with each electric shock, each slap in the face, she brought joy to her favourite client. It was just one more of Gene’s hobbies.?Good afternoon Mr. Trenton.??Hello Sadie!? He gave her a peck on the cheek.?Lady Jane isn’t here today. One of her clients from LA called her and said there was a helicopter on it’s way to pick her up. Apparently she’s needed.??Of course. I understand.??But she did say you know what to do; that you. On the eight floor I too off from the ramp to run to the back and back again. I came upon a mini van parked but I could tell some one was there. When I got to it there was a couple there. A man and woman and they were having sex. The door to the van was open, the seats had been removed. They looked like normal average people. I stopped and stared and after a minute they stopped. "Oh hey, we were just finishing up date night, you know, about to go home to the family." The man said to me. The. Lightening bugs just starting to wink into life as the heat of the day fades. And always ready with the mason jar to help them make night-lights. It pulls at my heart to think of folks needing and loving me in equal measure. Raising crops and stocks, and a family. Focusing back on his face, I saw an understanding there. Man to man, we understood what we agreed on. ‘Well, don’t go makin’ any yet! You’re only hired for the summer!’ ‘Yessir…’, I stumbled and nearly ate the gravel as realization.