He wore ashoulder length blonde wig and his face was completely made up withcherry red lipstick. The last item she had put on him had been a pairof e...bow length red satin gloves.He was held in place by two straps. One went around each shoulder andfastened at the back. They also went around the top bar of a crosswhich was set on top of a 4x4 post fastened tightly to the floor. Aleather slave collar was buckled around his throat. A chain from theback ran down to a hook on top of the bar and. A small proportion might be attracted to the gravitational fields of the gas giants in the outer Solar System, but the chances of them arriving there was small enough that it was far more likely that the Sun would have expanded to swallow up the Inner Planets before that happened.The probability of this self-replicating plague spreading as far as Proxima Centauri was so small as to be non-existent. In any case, the greatest threat to the robot civilisation to which BTR .10-765.06 belonged came. During our breaks, I found out he was married, with two young boys. I also discovered he had a roving eye, nothing sneaky behind my back, but blatantly taking in my charms. I didn't mind, I knew I was pretty, and had a nice body. Why shouldn't he notice me?Life at home was great. My new outlook on life impressed everyone. Paul and Sue began taking me out with them. Mum and dad began talking to me again. Not that they'd really stopped, but they had been constantly warning me about the way my. He had little idea what was in store for him, little idea of Russian society, culture, and the State. But he plays his cards calmly with the hand he's dealt. 'That boy will survive, ' he thought, 'of that I'm sure.' He only hoped his Anarchist lady finds the truth in what she has. Because, the Admiral thought, it's only through their love and passion can they find a purpose in a grey World."Good Morning," he told them in English, the little English he knew."Admiral, sir!" John saluted. Benin.