"The real prize," said Sybok. "Let me show you. Computer, activate holo-matrix." Holo-matrix activated," said a mechanical voice."Good. Hello, Spock, ...ow are you feeling?" I am somewhat puzzled to find myself still disembodied and running thesystems of this city," came Spock's distinctive voice from out of theair. "Did the attempt to restore my brain to my body fail? Your voicesounds vaguely familiar...." That will be all for now. Computer, de-activate holo-matrix." Holo-matrix de-activated." I. I figured that I would get another chance when Drew returned the following year but he ended up rejecting our offer, doubtless because of our unspoken attraction. I never saw him again but the seed had been planted. Now it just had to grow into reality.2A few weeks after Drew left, I met Janine, a lovely young trader who lived just a few blocks away from me. We started sharing cabs to work and I found myself leaving early to match her schedule, so that we could share a cab back home. Eventually. "What do you know about Sophia before she met Warren?" Not much,"admitted Peg. "I've surmised that her previous relationship was a violent one, but that's all I know." OK," Ellen took another breath. "I am probably betraying Sophia horribly with what I'm about to tell you, but it is important that you know. It's also important that you realize what kind of a young man-and I used the word 'man' deliberately-your son is." Go on." First of all, I'm not overly worried about Sophia sleeping with. If the House Manager was away for the weekend in January and the furnace died, everybody cared!So far, it hadn’t been a problem. I just hoped we’d get through the year without the Heads and Dregs fucking things up. By next year they would all have graduated anyway.Otherwise, the year went along nicely. During Work Week we had the vote for Master Chef, and I won. This was a purely honorary title and was given to one of the designated Sunday cooks, usually a senior, but not always. Ricky Holloway.