.”“What the hell are we gonna do against a Hegemonic army?” One of the soldiers spoke up. She was a tough, short looking girl who was maybe as b...oad as she was tall and all muscle. Her jaw was nearly rectangular. “It’ll be slower than being bombed from orbit, but not by much.”Meetra’s smile was deadly. “We’re not letting the Victrix land. Each of you is a certified multirole combatant.” They grinned. “And the best kept secret of Gem is our trump card.”The holotable shifted and projected a new. It was only 9:30. I put a $100 bill on the table as Stella's tip, went home and spent the next three hours debating making the call, which naturally I made. We spent almost four hours talking that night. We got to know pretty much everything about each other. Stella told me that she was twenty-two, and her birthday was in a month. I told her I was thirty-one, and my birthday was at the end of July. We learned about each other’s interests, hobbies, and life goals. Stella told me she was the. Your black hair is still with you, but it is a bit thicker, and curves downward slightly around your neck in a modified pageboy style. Your face is still, intrinsically, the one you grew up with, but there are slight touches and tweaks that are different, such as your eyelashes being longer, or your nose being more tapered, or your lips being fuller, or your cheekbones being a tad higher and more finely drawn. Beneath your face, however, your body seems almost completely different. Your neck. Mujhe pata nhi tha ki maa k dil mai kya hai. Mai nhi janta tha ki maa ko pata bhi hai ya nhi ki wo unse baat karna chahte hain. Maa unse ek aurat ki tarah baten kiya karti aur jaisa ek shaadi k ghar mai hota hai, jaldi hi koi unhe bula leta aur uncle ko ek smile de k chale jati. Baat uss din ki hai jis din baarat aane wali thi, uss din dulhan ko subha nehla k kul devi k mandir le jane ka rewaz tha, so sab log jaldi se baari bari kar k naha rahe the taki 10 baje tak wo sab kul devi k mandir jaa.