"HEAT," Robert began, "Is the Sa'arm eliminating solution within our capabilities and is it exclusive to the Sa'arm?" Yes, it is quite a simple proces..., which once introduced into the Sa'arm, spreads via the hive mind. It is something like a computer virus in the way it behaves. As it spreads, it wipes the receptors in the individual Sa'arm and eventually the hive mind ceases to exist," HEAT replied."All right, there you have it. The Confederacy caused the problem and, in the way they have. I don't think it's right."We pulled up in front of the house. I had the two buckets of chicken and Jill took the bag with the potatoes, gravy and cole slaw. Got to get cole slaw when you go to the Colonel's.Everyone was still sitting at the dining room table. It didn't look very lively. In fact, it looked downright dead. Wanda saw us with the chicken, let out a wail and took off again, heading upstairs.Jill put the bag on the table and walked over to her father, putting her arm on his. I decided that five items would be enough and took the elevator upstairs, where the entire floor appeared deserted.I hunted up the five journals, put them on a table near one of the panoramic windows and made myself comfortable. I caught myself staring out over the trees toward the Pacific, sighed, and opened Nineteenth-Century Fiction to "The Image of the Woman in She." It was awful. Not only was it a pastiche of Goethe's notions of the "eternal feminine" plus modern feminism, but the writing. He had been dreaming of a way to get into Lisa's pants, ever since she and her husband had moved in three years ago. When Andy had invited him into his little party, it had been Dr. Brown who had suggested that every participant, including the film crew, be checked for sexually transmitted diseases, STDs, before the big event.Dr. Brown had also provided Andy with the drugs for the night, to keep Lisa cooperative. The Doctor had checked Lisa herself out, by inviting Lisa's own gynecologist to.