She saw the woman, while still standing, bend her knees all of the way down to reach the bottom drawer of her dresser. "Why? Oh, why can't anything wo...k out for me?" she said to herself in a low, pained voice. "If I was going to get a new body, why couldn't it be one you could love." "Here!" her step-mom smiled, pulling out a sample of the panties and bras she kept in her special drawer. What Carla saw were the laciest, sexiest satin lingerie Carl had ever been close to in real life. Only, now,. " She turned to the vet, and realized that the woman was still suffering from a severe case of inhibition. "Look, it's OK. This is considered 'normal' out here." She pointed to a family on the slidewalk, a mother, father and eight-year-old daughter. The daughter was pointing to the shower, and the mother looked at the pair in the doorway. Samantha waved; the mother and daughter waved back. The mother was as nude as the two women."I need to use the loo," Vickie announced, and settled herself on. "But we did learn a few things. We know for a fact that nineteen have been destroyed or self-destructed to avoid capture. We think there were thirty-seven assassin robots built. Most were sold to the Chinese Hegemony." You think?" Best guess," Agent Rendel shrugged. "Probably 80% accurate." So what happened to the other eighteen?"The International Law Enforcement agent cleared his throat. "I talked with some of my contacts over at the World Parliament ... They led me to believe that eight are. “Wow! Richard, this is really something. You didn’t have to go to this much trouble to have dinner with me.”“Yes, I did Meagan. I surprised you, so I wanted this to be special for you.”“It is, it surely is!”Richard pulled out a chair for Meagan and she sat down. He poured each of them a glass of wine and he settled into his chair. They ate sharing small conversations about each other’s lives and business never really made an appearance as a topic. Meagan was feeling very comfortable with.