I was on schedule to graduate on time and had even planned on taking a pair of post-graduate courses in my final year. Kevin Huffman, my professor fri...nd, continued to praise my work and often found contests or other activities I could use to broaden my skills. It was one such contest which started me on a new path. The contest was to design a special custom home. The project had some strict guidelines, although it was mostly a test of one’s ability to use computer-assisted design to create a. I pulled a new sealed skin suit out and put it on before opening the case.I put the belt on and holstered the pistols. I pulled the grav shroud out of the bag and walked out onto the balcony. I slipped the thermal glasses on and opened the shroud. I was lifted up and off the balcony before I turned and headed east and began ascending. I was a block away and a hundred meters above the building the lieutenants were meeting in when I saw it.It was very dark out but with the glasses I could see the. My hair had darkened to nearly black due to lack of I’ve light. It really made my gray-blue eyes pop. It almost seemed like my father staring back at me more than the mental image I had of myself. A tinge of nostalgia creep in. I missed that crazy old man. He was the only family I’d ever known.I stepped into the shower to freshen up before getting to work. “Why do I still bother with this stupid job anyway,” I thought to myself while washing my hair. “Thanks to dad, I’ve got enough money for. Pierpont. He probably controlled more money than the government did, could lend it money." You're exaggerating." someone said."Are you sure? He probably saved our economy more than once, propped up the gold on which it was based and helped combine several mega-businesses or trusts. Remember Teddy Roosevelt, the trust-buster. We're getting there. One guy called it the Gilded Age; Mark Twain was the guy."The same girl raised her hand. "What was wrong with his nose? Why does it look so.