Inside Iwas shaking in my boots but I knew she needed the confidence as much as I.As I laid back my head felt heavy and it thumped home. My arms were...tarting to feel leaden and I didn't even notice the nurse strapping me inplace. I felt kind of giggly as she spread my legs wide open and began toshave what little pubic hair I had left. I remember thinking now whywould she do that before falling asleep.Pain, I was a mass of pain. Everywhere, I was sore and uncomfortable. Icould feel. She looked vaguely familiar but I couldn’t quite place her. Had she worked on the campaign? She had closed the office door behind her and I decided I would be even more out of the way if I was closed off in my office. I even had some work I could do while I was in there so the evening wouldn’t be a total waste of time. I was halfway across the room when the door opened again and Charles appeared. His hair was still perfectly in place but his tie was ever so slightly askew. Before stepping out. ..do you know why I am here back in California?" Uhhhhmmm not really. To be closer to our lovely local wineries?" I am supposed to start working on my Masters in German literature atBerkeley." That explains your fluency with the "Terror of the Tyrolean Alps." I just got an offer to play for a professional volleyball team inFrance and that may lead to playing in the professional beach volleyballin Europe, which could be really good money. I .... I can start mymasters whenever, and I don't know. It's a brave new world out there."Celeste took Lesa and Tuan for a tour of the facility as soon as the first mini-sub came out of the replicators. "The domes not only provide protection for the replicators and a wet-well for launching amphibious craft, but they also camouflage the units' radiation from heat right on through the visible spectrum. Even though they're in shallow water you can't easily see them until you're within twenty meters of one."It was true. Tuan and Lesa knew where the.