I mean the biological unit?”“Yes ... No ... I mean, I am uncertain,” it said before pausing. “What this unit means is that it has become ... f...miliar with you as well. What you did to the biological unit ... to us ... made us ... this unit...”“What are you trying to say?”“This unit is not sure. When the biological unit spasmed during intercourse with you, this unit seemed connected to it in a way that it does not understand. It experienced subroutines running that it did not control. These. Orc parties are raiding village after village along the Widow's Coast, noblemen poison, scheme and assassinate each other in their eternal game of power with little care for the common folk, anti-magic zealotry is growing to a fever pitch, the slave trade is alive and well in the Malenkii Empire especially for beautiful lithe elven women and there are whispers of necromancers brewing plagues and raising skeletal armies under the shadow of Ebony Spine. Perhaps worst of all, the fragile peace. ”“That’s supposed to be your best friend.”“I know,” Dan scratched his head “Somehow, I got stuck with you.”Russell rolled his eyes, “So much for being smart. I’ll do it, but at the reception, I get a slow dance with your mother.”“It’ll break her heart but I’m sure I can talk her into it. You know she has a boyfriend, right?”“Figures.”“That was a good movie.” Steve stretched, then kissed Tiffany. “I better head out.” He stood.Dan stood “Wait a sec.”“What?”“Do you love my mother,” he raised his. There is another difference. The bullwhip has been traded for a long, stiff dressage whip that touches the back of your legs every time you need encouragement or correction. It is nothing like whipping, just tipping - gently touching your skin but somehow the impact is enormous. The effect of constantly being corrected and pushed and perfected is something you can not yet cope with.The almost clinical approach, efficient, straight, strict and never ever a raised voice, just constant reminders.