“Thanks,” said Kristen. She wasn’t exactly sure why she said it. She was grateful that Hayden had come over to talk to her, but in retrospect sh... wondered about her motives. Kristen knew she had the reputation of being only poor company, and she knew she deserved it. For reasons she couldn’t even begin to articulate, she never felt comfortable in the easy flirtations that were expected on any film set. People avoided her, and she was alright with that, but she resented the possibility that. That'll be a silver a pierce for the night with dinner and breakfast included.”I pulled out the coin. The moment he took it, he turned and called, “Anadalia, my beloved, we have guests.”From across the room a willowy and mature woman sauntered. She wore the same loose pants and vest, though hers were of purple cloth with a pink band around her breasts since she didn't have the robe closed. She wore a sparkling amethyst in her bellybutton. Her black hair fell down around her face.“Oh, guests,”. As far as we can tell, none of them has ID implants or med implants. Not the adults and particularly not the children." That's amazing!" Isabella said. "I had no idea."Solly continued. "Zahlman was able to help me position the eye so that it probably won't be found or noticed, and at any rate, we'll give it a destruct command when we've got all we need."As for the high-level scan, we've seen people in the fields around the village, apparently attending to gardening duties, and others out in the. "Really? What determined you would be a Doctor?" I asked."I did, I wanted to try something new, I used to be an engineer, and before that I was in the security service." She said."Wait you just picked what you wanted to do? And how old are you?" I asked, still taking it all in, in the colonies careers were assigned to you based on amplitude for a subject.She smiled."Why yes, we all can pick what we want to do many of us go through several careers before we settle for what we want, and I am only.