"I guess it is summertime. And I'm hoping everyone has enjoyed the activities so far," he began."Some more than others," Jason called back. "Can we fo...mally protest how Mark seems to increase the size of his family with every trip?" I'm not trying," I pointed out.Beatrice looked at me. "Mark, we know you don't try. That's the problem. You are a natural leader and a nice man. People want to be near you." And you will be dangerous if you ever want to become a cult leader," Becky said."Nah, that. .. it lasted nearly 10 minutes. I just melted into his arms. Michael was wonderful. Average in most respects, about 5'10" tall, hazel eyes, unshaven, brown hair, almost geeky in fact. But wealthy, having co-founded a software company which was doing very well.And boy, could he kiss. And good with his hands, too. I was so anxious about leaving the apartment that I was almost hyperventilating. But somehow, as soon as he put his arms around my waist I just felt all my tensions just ebb away. My. Once the World Court declared Mother Gaia’s Superseding Person-hood, over-riding Corporate and Individual Person-hood, the Carbon Balance laws followed logically. First to get sent to the Reduction Camps (to reduce their carbon footprint) were the chronic medical cases, Dialysis, both the abdominal flush and the blood filtering kinds use a lot of plastic and create loads of medical waste.Individuals don’t compare when balanced against the whole environment, so off to the reduction camps with. ” He grinned at her. “That’d be a shame, wouldn’t it?”She looked over at him with a goofy grin. “Yeah...”The drive had only taken about ten minutes; it turned out that she lived almost exactly midway between Will’s family’s house and the karaoke club. At her request, he lugged the mattress up the two flights of stairs to her apartment. They paused outside her door, and Will propped his burden up against the wall.“Um,” Kay said, biting her lip and fidgeting with her keys. “Like I said, I just.