Conceptual frameworks click into place. "Human" falls further away into memory. The commander is running system checks against the stored biological m...trices, attempting to resolve collisions in the ancient error- correcting codes. Surprisingly little has been lost due to redundant caches and error correction. Nothing irreplaceable. The most critical, the landing computer seed, is perfect. Without that there would be no mass triggering, not even an attempt at progress. they would simply hang in. We didn't move too quickly; I wanted to savor thesefew moments. And once we finally reached the door, I pulled the girlcloser and gave her an impassioned kiss for the benefit of all thosepoor bastards who weren't going to be anywhere near as lucky as Iwould be tonight.Together, she and I walked out through the door and into the night.It was the very last thing I remembered doing until I woke up on thatlarge soft bed earlier.Clearly, I must have been drugged. There was simply no otherreasonable. Veryquickly, I let my sister-in-law inside. Though she tried to keepherself busy by playing with Rachel, I could tell her heart wasn't init."Zach, I have something for you. Sarah gave it to me while she wasthree months pregnant." She pulled an old bedraggled letter from herpurse.It was Sarah's handwriting. There was even a faint trace of her perfumeon the paper. But this was almost two years ago it was written. Thepaper was yellowed with age and stained from the various metal objectsthat had. ”Sam let out a sigh, then nodded. “I had forgotten about having to get used to the power. It came easy for me, a product of being an osmosis healer, I guess.” Turning toward Tynco he said, “I suggest we get this over with. If as you say, you could relapse, I think we need to finish.”Tynco’s head nodded slowly as Sam walked to him. Laying a hand on Tynco’s shoulder, all there were amazed when Tynco’s body straightened, then all the malady was gone. Cyan, ran to her husband throwing her arms.