This baby has firepower it could take over a small country just by itself. Thank goodness they didn't install any kind of A.I. as well. They must have...thought, if the big one hits, there will Electro Magnetic Pulse waves all over the place. Any kind of computer system would be trashed within seconds. Good thing my systems came with shielding.One thing I don't understand is why the leaders hid this, rather than break out the hummer and just find every lost soul out there. I am sure they did some. Don't be shy about asking the AI to change the configuration of your accommodations."We will begin rotating everyone through medical for evaluations after the priority cases have been dealt with. You need to settle your concubines into your quarters and return to this room with the parents of any dependents you wish picked up. Dependent pickup is encouraged but not required. The option of retrieving any, all, or none of your qualified dependents is your decision and yours alone, unless you. We did it. Neither of us felt anything. She'd thenlooked at me and nodded again. Did I detect amusement or pity inher expression?"When will this end?" she replied laconically, her mind obviouslyelsewhere? When you decide to go one way or the other. Whenyou're no longer an effete man but a real one, or else when you'rea woman courageous enough to explore the world of women with me asmy girlfriend and companion, ready to live as a woman and enjoyyourself as a woman. I'll take whichever one.. I just ran, the gown flapping around my body, showing far more than was decent. I slammed the door, almost locking it, but my need to get into the shower was so strong that I ran up the stairs and turned the water on full. Stripping that wrap off, I stepped into the soothing flow of the shower.Our shower is all mirrored and even through the steam I could see the welts across my bum, standing out bright red and so inflamed. It suddenly hit me that there was no way I could hide those marks from.