They have this ‘twin’ thing going. They are beyond close. There’s this theory I’m working on. My theory is that maybe the move to the next gen...ration wasn’t such a big evolutionary step after all. Maybe what the eKids have is just an extension of what many normal H. sapiens identical twins already experience. I’ve seen accounts of studies done on identical twins that were separated at birth. Most ofthe time each twin didn’t even know that he had a clone running around somewhere. And yet their. We had several conversations during my free hour between nine and ten, reviewing the game past and planning for the next game. I found out that he and Grace had been married two years, that she had sacrificed her own doctoral work to move to Pontiac with him and they were hoping to have a baby or two before she returned to school. In a moment of weakness I told him about our split-up. He was very sympathetic, but didn't ask probing questions or try to analyze what went wrong.I soon discovered. "He regained consciousness, too," said Jessica, settling down onto a stool at the counter. "I need coffee." He did?" Lou Anne already had the coffee poured and set it in front of her friend. "What did he say?" If he's not your boyfriend, why are you so interested?" Jessica sipped the coffee and made motions indicating it was too hot."I found him in the middle of nowhere, almost dead!" yipped Lou Anne. "I ruined my coat saving him. I'm allowed to be interested!"Jessica leaned forward and lowered. She was out of town again. Cookie took the stool next to me and gave me the usual “Buy a poor working girl a drink?” It seemed like she was doing it every time I came in. I smiled and waved Karen over and she arrived with Cookie’s drink already in her hand. Seemed like we were falling into a routine.“You seem quiet tonight Wally. You don’t seem like you are enjoying the entertainment.”“A lot on my mind Cook.”“Like what?”I was in just the right mood to dump it all on her.“Doesn’t seem like much.