More of a club now.”He took a sip of his drink and went on. “Anyway, it doesn’t really take too many people to run the place since everything is...pretty well robotic and AI. We run everything with fewer than forty people. Everyone isn’t actually a worker. The total number includes families. Most of the other farming plots are similar in that they have a small group, mostly related. There are some ninety groups like that and most of them refer to themselves as clans, even if some have no Scot. Not mine," I protested. "I just want..." Istarted but he pushed his finger against my lips again."Don't make too much noise or your mommy might wake up," he whispered."You don't want mommy to wake up?" he asked. "Do you!?" He raised hisvoice considerably on that last question.I understood. I was to play along with him or he'd wake my mother and I'dget into bigger shit. He helped me up and placed the scissors on thewashing machine."Let's get you a fresh diaper, missy," he urged me out of the. While having dinner she asked me do you like me. I said after dinner I will lick you, she said I asked like and not lick. I said ya I like you, I asked her do you like me, she ya I like you very much. I asked her y, she said she had seen her parents only fight and not any laughter at home. We will laugh only if my father and mother are not there. By the way Priya is the elder one and the younger one is Sangari. In my home no fights allowed and we should celebrate any small thing in a big way. And Julian youappear to be a very slow learner who requires Auntie Jane's SpecialEducation!"She once again went into her dispatch bag and this time retrieved herprized heirloom long-handed English hardwood hairbrush. Someone once commented that Auntie Jane and her hairbrush could make theentire defensive line of the New York Giants show up for game daywearing pink tutus.Jane Elizabeth Bichier raised her long slim hand holding the hairbrush,held it for a dramatic moment, and then brought it down.