“Actually, life, the universe, and everything. And the answer isn’t ‘42’.”“Huh?”“It’s from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. T...ey built a supercomputer and asked it for the answer to life, the universe, and everything. It came up with ‘42’. It’s actually a bit more complicated, but I know you hate science fiction, so I’ll leave it at that.”“So, what’s bugging you?”“Girls. Relationships. Sex.”“The usual problems of every college-aged man,” Dad said as he walked into the kitchen. “And for. She was wrapped around her sister and her mother, safe and cocooned, sated by her first blood feast. The fact that it was her mother’s blood didn’t seem to matter. She was regenerated from that horrible ordeal and high on contentment and family warmth. The fact that she was naked and everything was covered in mildew didn’t matter. That was the effect of the blood, she realized dreamily.Her sister was in much more desperate straits, her mind broadcasting discontentment and hunger. She wished Mom. Once there, Steve made a quick call to Laura Braun in the Steve/Eta household. Antonia had told him privately that she was going to update Laura on their actions with regard to Linda, to see if she had any advice on the best way to handle Linda's problems. Antonia had been willing to 'enable' Linda's avowed need for a master as an emergency measure, but she was unsure it was a good idea for the long term.Once Steve was connected to Laura, he told her what he'd done to Linda after they'd left. “Yeah, I’d say so … this is where I work!” replied Nina with asmile.“Of course … I should have realised”, I said.As Katy and I had known each other for quite a few years, we startedtalking about some of the things we’d got up to in the past. Shereminded me of a few of the funnier incidents we’d both witnessed inthe years gone by.We went on to discuss what we had done recently. I told Katy aboutwhat had happened during the celebrations for my 20th birthday. .