I also took a moment to collect my thoughts. I needed to get the whole late-night thing out of my system; the worst thing I could do for my client is ...o make her feel like I was trying to rush the whole process.“Hello?” I said as I entered.“Hi,” a voice from behind the screen replied. It sounded a little unsure of itself so I needed to help her relax a little.“Be with you in a second,” I said as I checked the wall controls. I turned down the lights a little; it’s amazing how better a client. "Black teddy? Why not? I knocked on her door. She called out, "I'm in the bathroom, Sherry, come on in." Of course she knew it was me.I got my usual seat by her desk and looked around a little; something seemed different today. Then I got it! Natalie was blasting out happy, happy, happy!"Okay, girl, what have you been up to now?" A bit of this and that. I'll be right out."I checked my Yahoo email on her computer. There were a few interesting things from the Brain Trust, but the rest was crap. I. You are right. If I go back there it will create even bigger problems. I am sorry, truly sorry Jake. I did not see how my actions would affect others. All my life I saw myself as someone who had no power. But you have power. Since I was offering you as the prize, I was using your power. It is not an easy thing to do. It is too easy to cut yourself if you hold the knife! You know how to hold it. I do not.... All I wanted to do was teach, and help children. Now I must not! I do not know what to. He'd nearly blown it when the intense training started to push his reaction times and autonomous reflexes. He knew then that he'd have to leave when his enlistment was up.Officer selection, or any kind of Special Operations program, came with intense scrutiny and would have eventually revealed his more unusual nature. Better to slip back into obscurity than risk exposure. He would miss the Marines and the family it had given him. Maybe, if he were lucky, he could re-create that for.