Good client partners. In fact, I suppose the inquiries from us happened after that verification of your qualifications by them for the position we ha...e in mind for you, Mister Winters." Victoria seemed to sense something, looking at the vent. "Oh, you know, it's so hot, isn't it. I mean, this is unusually hot. People pass out in this kind of heat. I really wouldn't mind if you took your shirt off. Of course, you'd understand why I can't join you that way; unladylike I'm afraid, but in. Dave listened intently to everything I said and when I had completed my theory about Pam’s transformation he asked. “Do you think we have done any damage to her mind?” he asked with genuine concern.“I haven’t a clue. I’m no psychiatrist, but I think it is just a defense mechanism. The Pam I married can’t let herself go and enjoy what you are forcing her to do even though she likes it and enjoys being used like a whore she can’t accept that she’s capable of that kind of behavior, so to protect. In Earth years, a few are already 18." I'm amazed you chose to spend six months with a bunch of teenage kids!" Well, I did. We had some needed guidance from the mining guild, but all the work we did ourselves. My classmates were all very mature, acting like young adults, not Earth teenagers. We worked together, ate together, slept together, shared ideas and sang together in the evening... It was the most wonderful time of my life." Slept together?" Ha! We did have one elderly couple to. "I'm gonna try some of these on" she said, with an armful of colorful cloth. "You sit over there so you can tell me what you think." She pointed to a chair that faced the changing booth. He sat and was chatted up by a sales girl who saw money in his attitude and was hoping for a date with the handsome man. She was cute, but predatory, so he kept it cool."Ahem," he heard and turned his head. He choked back a gasp. Heather was wearing a bikini ... what there was of it ... that was the same color.