"Feeling calmer?" he asks her, his face within kissing distance of hers. She nods. "Good," he grins."But what about you?" she inquires innocently, her...hand reaching to his hardness. Innocence becomes mischievousness.Nick gently pushes away her fingers. "I'm far from a young, hotheaded youth, my sweet. You don't need to reciprocate." But what if I want to?"He chuckles. He watches her face take on a worrisome resolve."You want me to be educated and not some empty-headed kid, right?" she argues.. " Gee, Dan, thanks."I don't know about the fox part." Kirsten looked at me. "Do I make you feel squishy?" Something like that."She took my hand and looked at Danny. "I guess so, then." Cool. Artie, do you still want me to build you a bike?" Yeah. I'm feeling the need for something taller." I'm trying to sort out my parts to see what I can use to build a pedal car, and I want to set aside the parts for your bike. You want something faster, too, right?" What, you starting a new project?" Yeah. If. "Have you determined if they are encoded like the other ones?" Derrick asked of Tempro. "Yes Sire, it appears they are as old as you suspected though they are far more advanced than almost all I have ever seen." Tempro replied a bit perplexed. "The coding on these particular nanomites is far more complex than all but those Mary made in her second batch." "Is the encoding the same as hers?" I asked thinking about it a moment. "No sire, it is close though there are far too many differing. The other five watched the conflicting emotions play across Jake's face, finally Amira spoke up. Coming forward she bowed to Jake, "My dear sweet master. I think that I speak for all of us when I say we will do all to protect you. I know that my brothers and father will put all they can toward protecting you and my sisters. After all, it would not do to have the father of a royal child destroyed!" Jake could only stare as his mouth dropped open, father of a royal child? "I am no royal Amira..