"I think we're ready, dear," she said. "Oh, how are we going to introduce Simone? You know it's easier for them with one name."He shrugged. "Accorda, ... suppose." He turned to his trooper. "Or do you prefer a nickname, Trooper? Corda?"The soldier made a face. "That's what he called me, sir, the major, but it was just because he couldn't be bothered remembering a woman's name. Please don't say that."Suppressing a smile, the colonel nodded. "Accorda, then. Well, let us be on our way. Joe and. It’s for that reason that many of these biomechanics enhancements became legal requirements for a right to move off planet, and to exist at all soon after. Because things like the chemicals these new neighbors regularly emitted was a potential danger, tons of individual modifiers, for things like hormones, bone mass, blood, etc, became common place. They say that if a natural born human or if a baby’s biotech malfunctioned while coming into this ‘new’ earth of ours, they’d undoubtedly die in. I felt that Janet may have had some feelings for me, but again, if she had, she was keeping them to herself. Anyway it was Friday night and I'd finished work for the week, in fact on this Friday night, not only did I have the weekend off I also had the following week off as holidays. I had no particular plans for that coming week, until I told Janet. She suggested that we could perhaps spend some time in each other's company, if as she put it, "If things work out." This sounded like an. Mom is to be auctioned off today. Dad and I saw her in the line leading to the auction stage while awaiting her turn to be sold off. Mom was naked and her hands were tied behind her back. She had a slaves iron collar around her neck. Attached to the collar was a tag that read 37-3. That means that she is in lot 37 as the third girl. There is also a note that the beginning bids start at 2000 credits. This was surprising. This is twice the average and the auctioneer must feel he will get at least.