Now, he didn't know what the hell he was going to do. Shit, shit, shit. He thought quickly about whom else he could possibly ask; it was difficult, as...most of his friends had pretty much written him off lately. Then, an image of Ellie popped into his head and he grabbed his mobile to retrieve the number he had programmed in."Hi, Ellie," he said in a rush when she answered her phone, "it's Michael here. Remember that babysitting you offered?"She listened, as he explained the predicament he was. .. When it's awake, I think it likes to play... play with numbers..." Shit... Oh, excuse my language. How should this affect our dealing with it? Are issues of ethics or morality involved, if we try to force it to do something?"Kalea thought for a long moment, and finally just shrugged her shoulders."Well," said Hiapo, "At least we'll have a long time to consider the issue. While the ring was still active, my wife managed to echo-pulse the structure of the manifold currently controlling path. I actually think that it’s love. How cute! Ned shook his head a little and poured himself another rum and Coke, while listening on his old-fashioned transistor radio to the great Eddie Raven, singing ‘I’ve Got Mexico.’ Yeah, that summed it up. Sean had Chloe. Ned had Mexico. He had definitely traded up in the world. He loved Chloe even now, but he could never take her back, not even casually, nor even go back at all. He had no reason to return. His life was great now, why fuck it up by getting. I'll prove to him that I'm Steve and thenI'll give him the rings and he can switch with his mother and we will bebest friends again,' he thought to himself. Steve went and picked up his mother around 3. "Hey sweetie how was schooltoday." Ms. Crabtree showed us a kite with a key." Oh the Ben Franklin story, very good dear. By the way Reggie is comingover to play with you today." What?" Reggie's coming over for the afternoon, won't that be fun for you."Karen drew her head down, she really wanted.