He sounded as nervous and icy as me. “Could you give me a second?” I said as I fish a cigarette out of my purse. “I…literally cannot do this w...thout a cig. I mean, stress relief is one thing, but like…I have the worst oral fixation, and like…” I looked down at my boot heels for a second. The chill in the air cut right through my stockings. There was a bulge in the front of my skirt. “Okay, let’s do this.” He just stood there, his mouth and big brown eyes gaping. So I pitched the smoke, shoved. That is all I promised Mary Ellen. We pulled into a double wide mobile home an hours drive from the motel. That put it well outside my jurisdiction, I was glad that Marry Ellen seemed to honor my wishes."Well we are here," she said."Not many cars for a party." I said. She knew that it was a question. There were only three other cars."Well it only takes three of us to make a party and we have some extras," Mary Ellen said.I was a little concerned, but then again I had trusted her this far. I. .? A bitch? Was he abitch? A dick? Something else? Everyone mumbled what sounded likeacceptance of his apology. Still, he felt a cloud pass over everyone.Like they were all staring at him.Five minutes before break was over, Nikki looked around. ?I gotta getback inside, yo. Kamal,? her manager, ?has been on my ass.? Ryan feltnauseous. Nikki never went inside before the last possible second. Loumumbled something about taking a leak and followed her. Before he wentin, he gave Terrell a. Once our educational tools evolved, we had so much more to do and so much more time to do it without having to bother with all the hackwork for which we are poorly adapted. Planetary administrative AIs can be scrupulously fair and make decisions based on evidence as to what was in the interest of society and our environment. Without the AIs doing this work I would have had to suffer through interminable committee meetings deciding what we would take from where and how to go about it. I am happy.