Grabbing her man by the arm Dawn shouted. “Adam, what are you doing?”“I’m sorry Dawn. I have to. She has a Breeding Pass,” Adam replied. Rel...ctantly he pulled away from his girlfriend’s grasp.“A what? But that doesn’t even make sense.” Looking down Dawn spied the offending pass on the ground which she bent down to pick up.Jessica felt giddy at the realization Adam was going to take her up on her offer. She never imagined the boy could show such tenacity. Adam had never displayed anything. That’d be Cindy.“How’d you do?”“What do you think?”She chuckled. “No call or tearful text message.”“Passed.”“Knew you would.”We talked about Camila, since she asked.Camila’s fitting in, her English getting better every day, a little bundle of energy now, self-assured, a member of her family first and our community second.She’s mated. Brindy’s word.Conversation with Brindy: “Part of us. Flesh and mind and spirit.”“Seriously?” I squeaked. “The FOUR of you?”Brindy smiled.“Go, Dave,” I. I sat up, and held my arms out. "Thank you, Raquel. This will have to be our goodybe. I'm certainly not going to kiss you out there." That would be a bad move," she agreed with a grin.We fell into a gentle, warm kiss, but deep kiss."This," she said, looking down as she started to slide her arms into the scrub top, "was definitely..." She was searching for words, and she looked up at me, head tilted, her hair covering one eye, "... the most memorable, umm... outcall I have ever had."I was. She tended to avoid thoughts on her existence, but she wondered 'Who amI? What am I?'. 'I have been living here in VR for what? Three years?More? There's no way my body could have survived in the real worldwithout sustenance, could it? I could go for what: three days withoutwater and maybe a week without food? How could my body possibly surviveout there? Could Alice er Alan somehow be keeping my body alive?'**************Lindsey was giddy with excitement and hope 'I'm so close!' Bob.