.. the idea did enter our consideration" TJ admitted."Chien-lu? Good. Now TJ, I want to know why you are making contacts with the 'muties' in the gala...y. My people had reported your interest in every system you have entered; they have taken note because our instructions to them have for centuries have included an interest in the fate of the "supersoldiers". Being mutants ourselves we are very aware of the potential for disaster of developments in that field. Sema, fortunately, hasn't. You'd think a player like him would be more secure with himself." Maybe he's overcompensating. But seriously, you're not gay, are you?" Nope. Haven't the inclination. Besides, I don't think I'd have the courage to be open with it, like Jenna." Good thing, too; you'd be disappointing more than a few people around here if you were."I let a look of mock horror creep across my face. "You mean there's more? Anya wasn't just an aberration?" God, that bitch really did a number on you." Excuse me?". Believe me, I want to make amends. I’ve been a rotten excuse for a human being. I’m well aware of this. What do you want with me?” Melanie began sobbing a bit, scared to death and knowing that she was in mortal peril now.“I was your baby, the unborn child that you had with your ex-husband, Louis Hatch. Now, however, I am a demon and he has a curse placed upon you, a voodoo curse, in fact. You’re doomed, one way or the other. I was granted a new life since you stole my old one from me with the. My eyes stung a bit, but I tried to fight back the tears.Something told me then that I should be angry, not sad, that I should yell,not cry."What?" she blinked almost comically, as if thinking it absurd thatsomething was bothering me. "I didn't want him to feel left out--" But you just...I mean..." I sputtered, put a bit off balance by hercavalier attitude towards the affair. It would have been one thing if she'doffered an excuse or tried to deny it. But here she was, carefree and happyas could.