I guess, Zeus, that I don't have a reason." More and more sentient, Io," said Zeus. "Humans do not actively choose one word or another most of the tim..., at least when speaking in their native language. I suggest that you are beginning to think in English, instead of the language of your circuitry." An interesting hypothesis, Zeus," I said. "I shall attempt to analyze the situation. In any case, I agree with Martinez and Artemis, tempered by the facts of the situation. If he begins to liquidate. "I looked around and Marianne wasn't around. I peered down the stairwayand still couldn't find her. "Marianne!" I cried. "Where are you!?"I looked back - the doors were swung open permanently so the light shonethrough. They haven't faded away. Yet.By that light, I walked down the stairs. I walked down gingerly. Thewooden stairs creaked spookily as I stepped on each board, but I heldthe panic away and walked down carefully. When I stepped off thestairs, I looked around. instead of a. At this point I'm full of emotions; Angry, confused, hurt, betrayed, and honestly, somewhat turned on."This is bullshit! I want you to get the fuck out of here NOW!" I yelled and started to get up.What happened next is somewhat 'fuzzy'...He didn't get up, he didn't yell, he didn't try to cause a fight. He started to say something, and I barely heard half of the first word "first" and things went sort of blank.The next thing I remember is 'coming to' in my bedroom to the sound of a man talking. He had arranged for one unique piece of equipment, a projector that lifted pictures off of his datapad and projected them in a 3-D picture on a convenient wall. Yakhir saw a small space, a table, and a projector for his datapad on top of it.He took his place and looked out upon the room. Yakhir found his clan among the mass of people. He saw his Uncle Porat who nodded his head. On his left was Yakhir's mother and on his right was Adilah. He did a double-take; Adilah should have been next to his.