I wanted to know his little jokes and sayings, the way he walked and sat, what were his interests. We gradually 'rebuilt' Jimmy.We were sitting in the...kitchen having the morning 'cuppa when Jen asked me about my past. "Just how may lives have you lived Jimmy?" If I told you millions I would be understating the amount Jen." Seriously Jimmy." Seriously Jen, the human race a mere fly speck on the face of the clock of time. My time on this plane goes back to the beginning of life, when the first. I figured this was a sign and I knew I had to take action. My hand gently slid over the jersey knit cloth of her shirt and circled around her full breast flicking the ridged nipple I felt there. When Julie gasped and stiffened against me I assumed I had made the mistake of my lifetime. Hoping I couldn't make things any worse I went for broke by kissing her as she asked, "Roger, what are you..."When I leaned back I expected Julie to scream, to hit me, to get up and storm out to wake our parents.. It was an advice Yar had given me and had paid off handsomely, saved some of my sanity. It was an inherent property of the plume: the lab monkeys had gone apeshit with all the data they were getting.I simply had to imagine it, merely think about something solid and irrefutably real, and it would make sense and appear. I could grow limbs, swim in oceans of lava, fly like a unicorn across the rainbow. There were no bars or limits: in the realm of transluminar wave-particle inference entity. You have to come see it, but I think it's perfect." Jess, you're amazing," Ryan grinned."I am, ain't I?" Jobs. Apartments," Amy sniffed. "You two are so old." Oh THANKS!" Ryan roared, laughing."I know, 22 is so ancient," Jess laughed."Well. You know," Amy said sheepishly. "It can be strange spending so much time with someone who's 22 when you're only 16." Vice versa, too," Ryan teased her. Then he got serious. "Actually, I thought the age difference would be a problem. But, Amy, it's really.