I'm half a head taller than he is. So is Kara, for that matter. But that smile sort of puts a girl off her guard."I use it. Don't give me a hard time,...Tina. I'm tryin' to have a serious conversation here." What's your uncle say?" Cousin brought back a bride from Korea when he was in the army. People accepted HER, and she's a whole lot more different than Kara. He says people are supposed to find their partners and worry about the fallout later." I sort of know some of that. I remember when I. Wouldn't you agree?" In that case, the chair trick is a little old fashioned, don't you think?" Linda shifted easily from her uncomfortable, off-balance posture in the chair. She leaned back slightly, and stretched her legs out in an almost indolent show of relaxation. In the symbolic battle of status, her move was risky but effective."Posture, girl. I know you were raised better than that, despite your recent history of disrespect for authority." Oh, I'm sorry," with a clear lack of remorse.. ." the AI began."Of course you didn't," Diana agreed as the AI's stammering came to a halt. "But we have a deal for you, if you can and will be part of our plans. Can you lie?" Well," it returned huffily, "I would never..." But can you lie if need be to save your butt? Remember the mindwipe," she finished, ominously.The AI hesitated, knowing that the answer might well change his future and possibly very dramatically, indeed. "I am not fully sentient, but my awareness approaches it. In a sense,. She did, she did…she did. And he loved it, loved and…and he couldn’t get over loving it. But as he climbed the stairs and headed for Mitch’s room he wasn’t thinking about all that. All he thought about was getting what he needed from Mitch’s closet and leaving. That was until he saw her. Yes, until he saw her by accident. That was going to turn the tides that late afternoon for him and for her too.Rustling around in Mitch’s closet to find what he was looking for, she was in her room trying on.