." How long were you spying on us?" I was NOT spying on you!" Keep your voice down!" I hissed."I wasn't spying. I came up for... you know. But then I ...aw you were already banging her. And oh, my lord. I didn't know you could be that rough. I mean, I like pain. But that was just insane! You two were incredible!" Then she turned and looked at me with a panicked expression. "But how can I compete with that? She's so much prettier than me. And she even fucks better than me."I sighed, already. It was on the third night that trouble ensued. Or maybe it wasn't trouble, but merely the inevitable. I awoke to darkness. The radio-alarm on the nightstand read 2:30. Carla was missing from her side of the bed. I waited for a flushing sound from the bathroom, a faucet signaling running water. None came.Two-thirty became three and three became quarter of four.Carla returned to the bedroom at 4:15. She was completely naked.I was sitting up against the headboard. There was enough moonlight. I think it’s got most of the amenities you’ll need ... communities, parks, shops, schools, sports, medical, etc. Then I did away with the Defender docking and installed an actual bridge and a rather nice senior officer’s quarters. The trickiest part was what to put in the library as you won’t always have network access, so we will reference the library for laws and information for people new to the Federation.”“You don’t mind me coming out to look at it? I’m sure you’ve thought of pretty much. You lied back, having stripped naked so that all of the hairs and pores and hair follicles on your body were cleansed with pin-point lasers until your entire body was smooth and free of as many contaminants as possible. Once the lights on the robotic arms ceased, you sat up, trying to maintain your modesty as the androids that worked there gently led you down the hall.The room was filled with pods. Thousands and thousands of pods. They were all egg-shaped, and each of them had at least one.