Next! It would take some getting used to. Harri left me to think about my ring. We’d talk again over the break. I wandered out into the front hall. ...ouis was putting on a coat. ‘Ashley, would you like to take a walk with me? I’ve got an exercise program now.’ I considered it, nodded slightly and said, ‘Don’t mind if I do.’ The air was crisp and the day was bright. We walked briskly. ‘You’ve come a long way Louis. It really scared me, waiting to see how you were and seeing you looking so. I finally got a job as a bubble dancer--that's dishwasher to you outside the service industry.It's not a bad gig. You stay warm and salvage a decent meal from the plates coming off the floor.I found a cheap way to stay clean. I run my clothes through the dish washer every night after changing the water.Nobody caught me standing around in socks, skivvies and an apron while waiting for my clothes to dry--or they were too bemused to mention anything.I'm not much to look at--four foot eight of skin. If Vasanthi had given such specific instructions to Gowri, then she must be planning something. I was thinking of what it might be while taking a shower and getting ready. I came out primed and ready to go.The dining table was filled with dishes with a scented candle in the middle. The lights were dimly lit. Next to the table was my love, standing smiling at me. She was wearing a black see-through saree with a lacy bra of the same color. Her hair was free-flowing.The saree barely covered her. She deactivated her Avatar in the captain's chair, so she could focus onthe task of jumping what she assumed was 200,000 light-years into anearby reality, when in fact she actually jumped into an alternatereality that was completely different and worked on a different set ofphysics.[[T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Jump]] said Linda using the main computer forher voice.Unlike her memories of Warp Jumps that she reviewed in her logs, and whather more detached self-had described, instead of jumping into.