My height and weight, she pointed a dagger at my throat. “You have my money.”I raised an eyebrow, examined her more closely: high cheekbones, stra...ght nose, and below, a pair of the largest and firmest breasts I had ever seen. But all encased in scale mail and leather. “Yes, perhaps you are correct,” and reached for the pouch at my waist. At the same time I pivoted away from the blade, my left arm-guard against the flat of her weapon. My right leg behind her knees, a firm press of my forearm. Amelia entered then or tried to.“There are too many of you in here. Only three visitors are allowed in the room at a time. Some of you will need to wait outside,” she informed them.“Most of us will be leaving now,” Aunt Gale assured her as everyone filed out, but my Mother and Father, who remained along with Robert.“Can I hold them?” Mother asked hovering over the bed in anticipation. I handed her Margie who had finished nursing.“She needs to be burped,” I told my Mother, and Aideen handed her. "You're my last client why?" Well I've got rather an unusual request and I'd prefer it to be done in private, if that's okay." Sure, no problem. Why don't you go through into my flat and I'll call you after the girl's have gone?" Thanks Andrea, you're very kind."It took only about fifteen minutes for the girls to finish their own clients and I shouted for her to come down."Right what can I do for you Julie?" Cut all my hair off, every single strand of it, then shave my head completely." Oh my. He wanted to build a virus that was harmless that when introduced to another harmless designer virus combined, using portions of RNA from both, to create a third. Now the idea wasn't feasible, at least at the technological level of understanding in 1998 (and dispersion would be negligible to my mind), but there was something about the idea that gave me the itch. Try as I might I couldn't dredge from my memory what my mind wanted me to know. Instead of trying to force it I left it to percolate.