I'm going to try to get some sleep." I said and, rolling up the rug I was brought in, using it as a sleeping bag, and asked Al to cut unnecessary nois... and closed my eyes.I was back in the clearing, full sized again, and before me was The Green Lady. She was shaking her head at me, and seated beside her was Bran. "Lord John, you have endangered the life of the Lady Brenda after I charged you to free her." The Green Lady told me.I nodded, "Her life was threatened when Gerald took her, I'm sorry. It had taken me three minutes to create, almost all the time being spent on the 2e30 kg of the duplicate star. The duplicate Earth was a gem, wild and free.I had spent much of the last year perfecting my techniques for biological replication. I'm at the point now where I can replicate the hardwired instincts and even the learned behaviors of animals, though true memory and personality duplication will be forever beyond my reach. I'm glad. Experiences and perspectives should be unique. I've. Listen, if you’re not busy tonight do you want to come over? I was talking to this buddy of mine at work. He gave me a new strategy at chess, and I’m ready to kick your skinny heiney. What do you say? We can play chess and watch the news – you know, floods, murders, republicans, that sort of thing. How about it?’ I grinned and I knew the dimples in my cheeks were showing. My eyes were dancing at the idea of seeing him again. ‘Count me in, I’ll be over there in about a half-hour.’ We hung up and. I was only five minutes into the video and the whole thing already elated me. This film alone was going to keep me sated for quite some time. That weekend Jane told me her Company was buying us all new cars in the next few weeks and both our girls were now going to work for her full time, whereas up until now they just helped out occasionally. I was surprised by the fact that she now had fifteen employees and was doing so well. I felt that soon it would be announced that Jane’s husband was now.