Saying goodbye somehow felt like admitting that it never had a shot. But it did. And I gave it up anyway. I gave it up because you went somewhere bett...r. And you were supposed to find someone better. You went somewhere far from here. You wanted to get away. Away from everything here. And me.’ ‘You knew I was leaving even before we got together. The whole thing was East Coast or nothing. Of course I had to get away. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love it here, at home. But I needed to get out and. Understanding. Peace. While you’re here, synth-kind welcomes you, so long as you welcome us.” From behind a bank of computers, a man with brown hair and a lab coat came walking out, a clipboard in his hand.I hit the button and opened my power armor. Walking around it, I said, “I came here looking for Kasumi Nakano.”He sounded surprised. “Really? I’m impressed. Few would brave the kind of journey you’ve had for someone else. Kasumi is here. She’s safe and unharmed, and you’re free to see her if. He heard her approach, her footsteps giving her away but when he heard her speak, the words of kindness, of concern saying, ‘M’lord, are you alright? I have been so worried’, the sound almost musical to his ears. ‘There is great confusion, another says he came upon us, rescuing me from you and the others. Please, tell me that you meant me no harm, that you would not have.’ The words again trailing off but this time to her surprise his growing loud, his body tearing at his bonds. ‘You will not. " "I'd let him be real good to me." Krissy smiled. "And I'd be damn good to him." Laurie licked her lips provocatively, and then winked at me. "You ever think about him being good to you, Keri?" "Hell no!" I said quickly. That wasn't entirely true, I'd had a few embarrassingly nasty dreams about Dad, but that had been when I was younger and before I'd started having sex with something other than my fingers. They had faded away and I hadn't thought much about them since. "Liar!" Krissy.