. although I do appreciate the humor," he said.'Oh boy, ' I thought, 'he's "bang on", and I'm starting to get spooked.'"'Spooked!' I like that word. Y...u are such a funny person! I will enjoy my time with you, I think," he said chuckling. Then he fully laughed again.That was definitely a specific thought he had read. Damn! Could it be true?"I am not quite as you see me. Oh, I am old. That much is very true. But I am not actually human. I am of the race that preceded humans. The others of my race. After the last one entered the armorer slot the other door opened.I carried a few personal items out like the rainbow hued battle knife I had won when I was fourteen. I headed up the empty ramp and stood waiting to enter my room. When the door opened I walked in and crossed to set everything I held down on a low table before walking into the corner shower.After I was done I dried off and collected everything I had managed to save. I made a bundle into a pack before ordering a meal. I started. You're great in the sack and sharp as a tack."Rebecca backhanded Marvin in the solar plexus, a typical soccer-mom reflex. "Anyone with a functioning eye and half a brain knows that Sasha and Millie are at the top of your list, but I'm perfectly happy being number three." The laughing couple retreated toward the family room where the kids were last seen when they realized that it was suddenly too quiet in the pod. Rebecca knew that quiet children typically required more supervision than rowdy. Your three friends, Fay and Brett and what'sher name, the lawyer who earns more money as a call girl than allthe rest of us together? Ashley. And Brett's husband makes four. So why are you looking so concerned?" Honey, you aren't listening. The drawing was for girls. Theberths are for girls. The winner and her friends have to begirls."I listened now. What a disappointment! "So I don't qualify towin," I said slowly. "And Brett's husband doesn't qualify to go atall."There was a long.