I climbed that tree in Lily's house." Eddie saw Lily on my bed and pointed to her. "What's she doing here?" She's sleeping over at our house. She was ...upposed to sleep down there." I pointed to the red mattress near the base of my bed."I came here to get the porno," said Eddie. "Remember you told me you'd give me free porn if I don't touch Lily?"I lowered my voice. "Don't say 'porno.' If people find out I'm giving pornography to an underage child, I could go to prison. Use the word 'onrop'. Son. This gentleman," he added, with a nod at Dr. Spockrates. "Is (as you so astutely observed) a complete stranger to you. His name is Dr. Spockrates." "Ah!" piped Alaric. "A pleasure to meet you Dr. Spockrates... uh... may you live long and prosper!" The aforementioned venerable gentleman appeared rather startled at young Alaric's effusiveness, but smiled gently enough at the young lad. "Why, thank you, young man," he said. "We are here to serve." "Good!" said Alaric. "I'll take a. I am specifically talking about the fourteen and older ones now. You are the disciplinarian. You have the power of life and death over them. I am totally serious! IF THEY SCREW UP BIG TIME, YOU MAY BE THE ONE THAT HAS TO PUT THEM DOWN! If they just don’t work out for you, you can turn them over to the colony’s Civil Service officer. If you want to trade with a neighbor, you can. What I want is a minimum of disruption of the colony and of the kid’s lives and psyches. Now, we have handpicked many. Her backside swayeda little for his benefit. She was off to change in a vacant room with no furnishingswhatsoever save for a dozen full body mirrors. As per usual, he'd give herten minutes. She hoped he wouldn't be disappointed. By the time he arrived at the room it was all done. Her street clothes werein the bag near the open door and she was standing in the cavernous centerawaiting comment. She'd dyed her hair black for this occasion and cut it shortso that it only came down to the start of.