"Most of them are pretty dated, things like the Keystone cops and the Three Stooges."When I explained that they were for the kids at the orphanage he ...old me to wait a minute. After a while he came back with another box with more film cans in it."I'll chuck these in for free if you give me a tenner for the projector." Done deal, the kids will be wrapped with these, I just hope that the projector runs OK." It does, I gave it a run when it came in."I packed the boxes into the ute and then went. It meant that, in the final analysis, their entire travail was pointless. It was merely an inventive conceit upon the part of the Lords who ruled the entire aerostat from their Eyrie on its uppermost decks. The AI also offered the two official justifications for the slave’s nudity, although to Lyra’s mind the reasoning was weak in the extreme. The alleged saving in the cost of purchasing and laundering of protective clothing could only be a real saving if the slaves themselves were considered. Anya was in a beanbag, watching SNL--an Alec Baldwin rerun. "Close the door," she said softly as she turned off the TV. I shut the door gently, then sank into the other beanbag. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" I wanted to apologize for yesterday. What I said was completely out of line, and I'm sorry."Wow. I hadn't been expecting this. "Apology accepted. There were a few things I said then I wouldn't mind taking back," I replied after a short pause."Can we start over?" I don't think. You can'texpect to just BECOME a woman in every way just because you have awoman's body, God knows that." He does?" Of course he does, and over time as your mind acclimates to you body,you may come to find men attractive, but you may not, and if you don'tthat's alright."Trace's jaw dropped, her eyes widened with incredulity,"What, What are you saying?" As far as the Army is concerned, you are who you are. Nothing canchange that. There is no more wrong with you than any other soldierwounded in.