Papa Zora is directly obstructing me in doing what I need to do. It’s strange ... a little over two months ago I was thinking of moving to live in a...home for the aged, and now I’m in a society sixty-five thousand years ahead. My body was full of aches and pains and now I’m younger and stronger every day and headed into the unknown, totally out of control of what is going on and unable to achieve my mission.“My biggest doubt is the one about not knowing who I am, nor my place in the Empire. None. My name is Herman, but thankfully as a youngster I was kidded so much, I was allowed to go by my middle name of Gregory. I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1950, but raised in San Antonio, Texas for most of my life.I met Stephanie in high school, we became fast friends and as friends sometimes do, we became closer then that – much closer. I didn’t tell my parents that I even met anyone, much less had a girlfriend. Stephanie didn’t mind, we had most of our trysts in the park - Now, we. We gathered on the veranda before dinner. The men where dressed in polos and shorts. My mother wore a white cotton halter neck dress which barely contained her large breasts. Therese wore a black blouse with a black bra and white trousers. Debbie wore a blue dress with buttons down the front while Hannah wore a white blouse and skirt combo. The blonde twins arrived with drinks. Anne and I were stunned. They were dressed exactly like us but their dresses were black. Then the doorbell bell rang. " If you want," Ellie replied nonchalantly.He still wasn't yet sure that everything was going to be okay, but, at least, she was talking to him now. It was a big improvement on the situation of an hour ago. He drank the rest of his coffee and glanced at his watch. "I gotta go — I have a meeting at two." Okay," she said."I'll call you," he promised as he left. "Hope wants to see you soon!" And so do I," he added with a grin, as he jogged back down the street towards the bank.Ellie tried to.