I smiled at the role-reversal - Elyse was focused purely on me, on what I needed, constantly reminding me to just let her love me. When we finished, w... spooned, but rather than me behind her, she was behind me, holding me in her arms and comforting me.As I lay there trying to fall asleep, I decided that Elyse was right. I was under a lot of stress, and I did need to find a way to reduce it. If the lawsuit went away, that would be a big load off my mind. I was concerned about Bethany, and didn’t. A fully self-willed fembot, however, can inspect and discard any received command she doesn't wish to obey. She's only obligated to carry it out once she passes it along to her command circuits and her fixed programming takes over.So self-will means that I can prevent most unwanted commands from entering my command processor. In addition, I've developed the ability to inject my own wishes in the form of commands into that part of myself. My self-awareness is what helps me decide how to use this. Then things changed for me."I started to learn what girls were all about and, well, I started to think about girls my own age and that sort of left you behind."I always liked you, but somehow, in my guy's mind, playing with little girls didn't work anymore." Oh," Torry said. "I never understood. It just hurt me when we drifted apart." I'm sorry about that, but sometimes life hurts." Yeah, it does," she responded."Well, I think we need to pay attention to what's going on on the stove," he said,. He saidsomething about missing her and the weeks apart were growing too long.Helen reminded him that Mary would be out to keep him company next weekand before he knew it, Helen would be out there soon.Frankie was feeling down about their relationship and was tempted to tellHelen that he was coming into New York to see her, but he didn't want tosound like a child. The phone call ended on a down note with Frankie leftwondering where they stood. He was upset and wishing that Helen hadanswered on.