It suddenly came to me that we left our name and phone number every time we dropped pics off to be developed. I smiled, thanked him and told him to ca...l me Jo. As I looked back at my pics rolling out of the developer, I saw that triples were being printed. The first guy quickly separated them, put two copies of each pic in an envelope and handed them to me, staring at my still exposed breasts. I asked him how much I owed him and he told me they were on the house. I told him I wanted to check. He helped and dropped the Shrap gun.“Wise decision!”I got up, not so fresh despite the AutoDoc and spat a loose tooth on the floor. Those patrons remaining on their feet had stopped moving.Now I noticed that some of the accelerated shraps had missed me or had perhaps bounced off the Ultronit and pierced the Hermanite at several spots. There was a big black stain on his right pant leg and there was blood seeping between his fingers he held against his stomach.I took the AutoDoc out of my pants. I don't know if anyone from this area would make the trek out there to find out in my lifetime.Nan had found information on guns and ammunition and asked about them. I was up front about the value of guns in hunting animals and men. However, I also explained the difficulties of developing the industry necessary to make guns and gunpowder. We decided to try to make a simple rifle of a flintlock type along with mini balls and gunpowder. That should be within our capabilities. The Oaks and my. I’ll know if there’s anything there or not. It really does seem that I’ll have some clarity before I head to Chicago. Unfortunately, none of the girls will actually be in Chicago. Bethany, you’ll be in Madison, Kara stays here, and Karin will be back in Sweden.”“I’d say you’ll have a year of relative freedom. Can you handle that without getting out of control and obsessing over what will happen in a year?”“I think so. I’ll have Elyse and Kathy to keep me on the straight and narrow, plus I.