"She nodded. She did not know whether to try and tell him from the third hand information she had and decided against it."The important thing is that ...ou're alive and not permanently damaged." It's still a bore but thank you for coming to see me. I gather Barbara told you." Yes, bless her heart." What about the children?"She started to tell him about the arrangements she had made but half way through, with a happy look on his face, he drifted off to sleep. Fiona smiled fondly and stayed just as. I’m sure he had a roman numeral following his name. It seemed almost like they were an arranged couple. Two rich kids made to be together by someone else’s design. She was 23, close to Amy’s age, which is why I assumed they hung out together. We chatted some small talk about work and were each almost done with our first beer. She mentioned having met one of the new blackjack dealers who moved here from New Orleans. She didn’t know her prior to working in the same casino as us, but she mentioned. ”“There’s a lot to remember,” I say. “I didn’t realise this lifestyle could be so complicated.”“There’s a logic to it all, but it may take you a day or so to get your head around all the details, Lady. Just remember that anyone without a necklace or steel collar is a guest, and that the colour of the letters spelling the person’s name shows their affiliation to one of the castes.”“I’m not sure I’m going to be able to give orders to a slave,” I say.“You won’t need to do that, Lady. Only a. "For the next hour he accomplished very little. He stood in the shower,lost in thought until the water went cold, then attempted to findsomething in the house that he could wear. He wasn't sure how thechanges in his head made the clothes fit wrong, but he knew that themind was a powerful thing. He always thought himself smarter thaneveryone else, so it only made sense that his hallucinations had thatlevel of detail.He eventually discovered a baby blue sweat suit that fit. It was awomans size.