" Why?" They're from Ford. They buy CH-MEMS people to use as crash test dummies." What! That's legal to use live people as crash test dummies?" Of cou...se. They're declared legally dead when they become CH-MEMS. They're no different from corpses that are used for the same purposes." Wow!" gasped Nathan."But to go on, motor signals from her brain are ignored by the control unit. The control unit receives control signals from your controller, and controls her motor functions. She can't possibly. Do as I say and i can makeanything you could possibly want for be delivered to you front door.But don't step out of line, Andrea." Markus let her go. "Now go and getme something sexy to dress Ann in tomorrow. And remember there reallyis no limit on that card, and you're free to use it." Ann nodded. "Seeyou tomorrow." Yes...sir." Ann left through the front door, and both of them weredeeply in thought about what had just transpired."I hope this gamble pays off." Was that even real? Why would he. As the bus made its way through the watery roads, I looked around me. Almost everyone looked tired and drenched with water. Then I looked at my wife. She too looked sleepy and her eyes seemed to be closing now and then. Poor her, what all she had to go through, I thought as I looked at her lovingly. Despite her tired and ruffled looks, she still looked pretty.As I was in my thoughts, my eyes fell on the people behind her. I realized there were no women where she was standing. I felt protective. “It brought back unpleasant memories of the ship. I’m fine now. Why would Felix move here?”“This is where he was living when Barz and I first came to town. He had a tiny room and he played in the sailors’ taverns. With three of us, we needed more space, and neither he or Barz wanted me playing for sailors, so we moved to a better area. It was more expensive, and he complained a lot, but we were making more money than when he was playing alone, so we were able to get by.”After Bobo had.