I heard laughing and I realised it was me, even as tears ran from my eyes - it was gone at last! I fell into a snooze wile he stitched me, which seeme... to take forever! As I dropped off to sleep I managed to smile and give a wave to the camera and gesture between my legs and give a thumbs up, or maybe that was my imagination because I was strapped down.When I woke up properly I was in bed, comfortable, with a drip in my arm and a dressing on my groin with catheters protruding from both holes.My. I hadn’t “flown solo” in a while and thought shit, I may as well, the fact that I’m getting damp from reading a damned story means I need it. I reached into my bedside table and pulled out one of my many vibrators. It was about 6” long, and not very thick, but it was one of my favorites and it actually did look like a replica of a man’s penis. Not thinking that it would really do any good, I turned it on low and simply nestled it between my legs as I continued reading. The quiet hum of the. They can’t openly recruit her until then. It’s something about recruitment regulations.”“Why would they be interested in having Cynthia audition?” Mark asked. Cindy’s father wasn’t going to sit back idly while I pushed my agenda through. “I can understand you. Even if you don’t transfer there for your senior year, you’ll start National Service after graduation. My daughter has another year and a half after you turn eighteen before she is even required to take the test. You could be nearly out. ”“I’ll have to remember that next time we meet,” I chuckled.“Won’t be long, she’ll be part of the High Table when you adjudge Cillort and his conspirators.”“Oh yes,” I sighed.“Has to be done, my Dave,” Kirim piped up, twisting on her chair.“I know. I just don’t enjoy sentencing people to death and this lot are definitely heading there,” I replied.“It’s their last chance to plead for clemency,” Herrick explained. “To explain why they did what they did and be judged by humans, not the AIs.”“I’m.