As one of those who worked on making them, I know that this is not Magick. It’s nanotech. Teeny tiny machines, living off of the world, the humans a...d the animals. All things that weren’t ‘compatible’ got killed off. The rest of us were forced to survive the resulting social breakdown. The few of us that were left simply couldn’t handle the breakdown society. Whole countries moved into single towns to try and keep some form of society going. We reverted. Brothels formed up, and the law. Once the sentries were inside the shuttles, the doors closed and they silently lifted off. In each shuttle, two caregivers were directed to begin serving drinks to everyone onboard. Once everyone had a drink, the caretakers and caregivers in each cabin said, "Ladies, the drink we have just given you contains an antidote to the drugs you have been receiving. All of us now need to drink the liquid. But first, let's do this." Each caregiver and caretaker stepped over to a woman and exchanged. Taxi in. Meet up and come into work with the girls as usual. Coffee and toast to go. The most important thing for me now is the fact that I'm settled, Mike. I need the routine and for things to be familiar. Anything different upsets that routine. I hope you understand."Yeah. I do. Routine is as routine does. "Sure, okay. Makes sense," I stepped back onto the sidewalk and raised my hand, "See you tomorrow."Heather nodded and rolled the window back up as the cab began to move off as I stood there. Could a male friend show this much concern to a female friend? He wondered briefly. Alex looked at the picture again, the one of Aida throwing up. She looked pale in those pictures he noted. Slowly Alex broke into a smile. So his little chilli pepper might just be pregnant with his baby. He thought with satisfaction. He doubt Aida would know about her condition yet. While he was busy trying to rectify the waters problem for the past three weeks, his bodyguards had reported to him that Mrs..