"Do you like movies?" I wondered."What?" He sounded annoyed."Did you ever see _The Matrix_ trilogy?" I asked. "The originals, not theremakes."He snort...d. "What, the pre-war version made by the two trannys? You knowdamn well that was on our ban list."I didn't say anything and just took another sip of my beer."Yeah, I saw 'em," he admitted. "So?" I always thought it was funny how they ended. In most vids back then,Neo would've blown up the machines, destroyed the Matrix and freed thepeople. But. If you believe in such things, there wasa magnetism there, something that defied rational explanation.I was reluctant to eat the food. I had been prepared to come to India andeat nothing local. My only experience of Indian food back home had beenindifferent. But I just seemed to respond to his offers as if guided byan invisible hand. It was disconcerting. I ate as he directed. The foodwas spicy but good.After dinner, he said that I could stay the night if I wished. Theirsleeping quarters. “Yes, he seems to check you out.”“You’re crazy,” She said, but she blushed as well.**********Last year, the morning of our volunteering, I reminded her how I caught Bob checking her out. She again told me I was crazy and went into the bathroom to shower.When she came out she was wearing a pair of black slacks the clung to her every curve. They were molded to her at her hips and thighs, came in at the knees and flared out a bit at the bottom. The crotch was snug to her womanly features without. The only reason why you were able to climb into my artery is because I let you out of interest! There is nothing you can do to harm me! There is no escape for you!”“Not if I succeed where Baltoh failed,” Selene said with a maniacal grin.Michael looked at her quizzically and Baal gave a booming laugh. Like a bull lowering its horns, Selene pointed the tips of her liquid metal wings at Baal’s mouth. The mini solar system above her head that had replaced her halo moved between the wings, with the.