Where Meredith had pancakes, sausage, and eggs, I had steamed rice, miso soup, grilled fish, dried seasoned seaweed, and a small green salad.“I thou...ht you ordered breakfast,” Meredith said.“I’m guessing this is a traditional Japanese breakfast,” I said. “I didn’t check in advance, and I never talked about this with the Japanese people I know in Chicago.”“It looks more like dinner,” she observed.“It does, but given how messed up our body clocks are going to be, I’m not sure it matters!”We ate,. The birthstone. That is lore that I know nothing about, Charles. If it is as important as you say, you will need to convince Sean to look after it more carefully. He has entrusted it to this girl from the 'other-world' and that must be a risk." Now do you begin to see why I feel inadequate? Never have we had such dealings with the 'other-world' before. Sean has tried twice now to bring technology into his dreamtime and I believe he suspects that something in Gael is stopping him from doing. The next day we were on the same bus as it pulled up to Claiborne. Now that we were back in The Construct, I looked at Suzanne. James had driven us to the offices. I'd worn nice slacks and a red silk blouse. Suzanne had worn a black skirt with a turquoise top. But here she was in a tee-shirt, no bra, and a short miniskirt that barely covered her."You can choose what to wear when you're in The Construct," she said. "It's one of the default settings you can adjust." And the rest?" She had. Anne followed me and we swam around the deep end of the pool, away from the house and patio. We paused at the ladder to catch our breath. "Anne, you've been flirting with me ever since I got here. Why now? What has changed?" "Rick, I've always found you to be attractive, but I didn't want to act on that attraction. I may as well be honest with you. Jackson doesn't pay much attention to me any more. You saw where he doesn't even want to swim. He's happiest tinkering around with things these.