.”“A guy who'll take me dancing? A guy who will care about me.” I motioned to my elbow which he had cleaned up, hoping he would see it as eviden...e for and not against my point. “A guy who will look at me like I'm the only girl in the world?"I'm the one and only girl you've ever been friends with. That means something to me. That's what you were trying to say that night, wasn't it? The ability to not sleep with a girl was a sign you cared about her? Or is it just that you're not at all attracted. ”“Do you mean like a hive mind?”“No, more like ... clones.”“Is this a good or bad thing?”“Bad,” said Haro. “It means they can make more of themselves.”“Ah, yes but they would need the dungeon’s unique environment to do so,” Kata said.That made Axel sigh in relief. It lasted only a second.“Moss is hardly a unique substance. Can’t this be used to make more clones?” Haro said.“I suppose—yes, yes it can. If they have moss available, they can indeed make more of themselves.”The crowd buzzed in fear.. ”“I know,” I said.I went back to my office to meet with Sam and Penny about Dante’s project. That took the rest of the morning. During the afternoon, I returned phone calls, worked with Cindi and Mario on the conversion plans, and met with Julia and Dave about development issues. I made the usual walk to the hospital with Kara, ate dinner, went to karate, took a shower, and then brewed a pot of lemon tea.Michelle arrived just before 9:00pm. I took the tea and two of my Russian tea glasses and. It was a clear night but as high as we went no one could discern us from a bird. From the air, Ebony City laid out like it was a planned city, probably two hundred years ago, maybe less. Each city quarter were easily discerned. From the air, the keep to the east, was the darkest part of the whole area. Except a few lights from windows only the gate and walls had any lights lit from the outside and those were far between.A small frontier port city of five thousand had less night traffic than.