I plan on playing with them as much as you will let me. I love them because they are part of you, so don’t ever think that I dislike them. You would...be utterly wrong about that.” I grinned and said, “See what I did there?”She laughed and slapped me and said, “That was bad.”I chuckled and continued, “You have a trim waist that is also very kissable. I like the way you shiver as I move a little lower. This little patch of red hair is adorable. I like how you keep it nice and trim. Long hairs. There were also more books, mostly on farm management and managing livestock. Some of it was even stuff I had access to already. As I looked it over, it was almost as if the 'people' running this little experiment had a set protocol for the gifts, and what I needed or wanted didn't even seem to matter. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made to me. For all I knew the 'gifts' were fully automated, and simply waited on me achieving certain goals toward long term survival. The horses. ’ Julie looked at Robbie with a new respect and admiration. He was clear about his goals. He was willing to sacrifice his time and effort to get ahead. He had almost completed a difficult education entirely through night school, a remarkable feat on its own. He was unlike any of the young men she had been familiar with either in Toronto or back home here in North Vancouver. Her first opinion of him being too small for her was washed away by the realization that it wasn’t a value that was. "She's here for a short stay and Bob and I wanted you to meet her" Edna added. Looking at me directly, "I never told you about her because of what Bob had wanted" she said further, "But now we thought you should know Elysha as part of our family" then, "If only for today" she finished saying. I watched as Edna motioned Elysha over to Joe and she leaned down and kissed him long and passionately before she moved over to me and, after Carl had gotten up, sat down next to me and placing her hands.