Things should be quiet. The military is gone. And I'm not scheduled to be exercised and fed again until early tomorrow morning. This society would tak... some getting used to if we lived here for real. To be asleep by sundown I mean..." Yeah... So why don't we just hang out here?" Okay, thanks... Look! It's almost 5:00 PM right now."We paused for a moment in silence and thought about our victory.Time: At the edge of forever... The slip-ship jumped at T plus 20 hours into a state undefined by its. My mother used to blurt out of her secrets toward the end – what she had done behind my father’s back, who she had done ... If I’m going to lose my dignity anyway, I may as well be in control when I do it. I’d hate to fade away without living out my fantasy.”And again, for the people at home, can you confirm for us what your fantasy is... She looks into camera, and with just a flicker of a smile she says, “My name is Margot Heydon, and I want to be fucked by a dog.”Cut to outside Margot’s. When would be best?" Come on Sunday morning for coffee." Fine. I would like to meet your father."Aleksy was quite happy to see me. He insisted on taking me around the house and pointing out various items. I was right to let him have some leeway. The work he and his crew put in was excellent. The doors were in place, the windows were being fixed and in the hall the half-landing was finished. Boxes of tiles were awaiting the tile layer. Out front one of his men had started paving. I watched for a. We passed the time learning about eachother and I learned more about my neighbors on the other side and acrossthe street. It was only as we finished the coffee and I was making myexcuses so I could leave, that Mr. Gupta mentioned my house in passing. "Yes it is nice to have someone in the house again. So tragic you know." What?" Oh in your house. Did not the realtor tell you?"Mrs. Gupta took over the story with all the relish of one who loves atragedy."It was so sad. You see the Maxwell's who.