That and, there were others he and Dale wanted to show to anyone who was interested. We all ventured to a room where we watched these animes and got s...ttled in. The animes started playing and Hayly whooped out her sketchbook. She had a thing for drawing anime, especially when watching it. It inspired her to a whole new level. Time passed by, and Garret came back from his class, greeting everyone and heading over towards Hayly to see what she was drawing. He always liked doing this, there was. "I'm still the same," he said as steadily to Vicki's face as he could."I'm still me. I'm still Derek."When she heard that she let out a sob of relief and rushed into hisarms. He felt her warm body crushing against his and felt the weightinside him start to drop away. The absurdity of having the woman heloved now in the body of his ex-girlfriend didn't matter to him as longas he knew that she was all right. He held her close and didn't move.She was crying, but if it was from relief or from joy. " I wouldn't worry about that," Van-Meyo said, suddenly taking her hand. "I've got a feeling you might have a new career in your future."Galina blushed again--this time for real."I've got to go ... fly the ship," Galina said, after a long moment looking into Van-Meyo's blue eyes. "You can ... have that stateroom over there."Galina launched her ship in a daze, and allowed Holly to plot and steer a course toward H-Point--a point about a half-a-million kilometers from Marqano, far enough away from. While they were gone, Mary had given me another message from Uncle Bert about the programming. It was an confounding message, leaving more questions than it answered, particularly as to Mary’s use of her free will in conjunction with her programming.Going into a trance drains my kittens. After giving me the message, Mary had taken her post trance nap. An hour or so later, I was sitting in my easy chair thinking about the programming when I heard soft footsteps behind me. Her hands were on my.