She finished her meal quickly so she could get back to work. She fixed her hair into a tighter ponytail and splashed some cool tap water over her face... As soon as she finished up she hurried outside. The moment she jogged out the door she slammed into a wall. But this wasn’t a wall because the wall brought its enormous hands up to steady her. She opened her eyes and realized she was looking down. She saw a pair of huge ratty old work boots, and some jeans that had seen too many days of work. "Can you access their information and run probabilities, Spook?" I put in. He'd do it, and his assessment would be better than anything either Lee or I could concoct.Evidently he didn't like the odds. "What would you have me do, Lisa?" he asked. "Should I infuse funds into their accounts, as I have for you and Jack? It would be difficult to provide adequate provenance for such funds inasmuch as they do not share knowledge of my existence—" No!" she interrupted him. "Or maybe, if that's all you. They were all6 ' plus hulks and I was a puny, effeminate looking 5' 8." I soon learntthat besides physique, money and style counted in Imperium society. To bewith the in crowd it helped to have a stylish method of transportation.So to gain respect, I quickly had Julie trained to be a pony girl. I hadher outfitted in a snazzy silver and pink pony harness including halter,bit and blinkers. The reins slid through nipple rings, finally attachingto metal levers on her bit. To fit the bit properly,. He was a big guy and always friendly and helpful. She’d never seen him with a woman. Hmmm. As they waited for the washers to finish, she did some recon, “Dave, you have a girlfriend?”He perked up at that question and smiled, “No. Don’t really want one.”Hmmm, again. “That deserves some follow up but one point for him,” she thought. Continuing the conversation, “Wouldn’t you like to have someone to just do things with sometimes?”“Yeah, that would be alright. You got something in mind?”“He’s not.