Answering the summons, I arrived at the main floor and opened my doors. There were two Humans awaiting me: a male and a female. They stood respectfull... apart, pointedly ignoring each other, waiting for my doors to fully open, and then the male gestured toward me and the female stepped into me before he followed her into me. This was not uncommon, for I had many times witnessed a male allowing a female to enter or exit me first, and had come to believe that females must be particularly revered. Today Michele flicked her cigarette butt into the spit-kid, put her cigarettes and lighter into her pockets and made her way over to the administration building and the regulating office.Leading Recruit Jones sat with his feet up at the Regulator’s desk, his spit-polished boots resting on the edge of the desk as he smoked a cigarette and sipped tea. He deliberately did not acknowledge Michele as she entered the office, removed her jacket and hung it on a peg, and sat behind the desk where the. Shortly, Penelope arrived with a pair of knee high, ballet style bootswith very pointed toes and heels at least eight inches high. They weremade of midnight blue leather and laced up one side with a locking anklestrap to make certain they stayed on even if he could somehow get free.He tried to resist as his shoes were removed one by one and replaced bythese terrible boots but he was helpless to do more than kick about a bitand wave his arms. When both boots had been locked into place he. My parents had decided to move to Florida away for the cold Midwestern winters and I offered to buy their home that had been on the market far too long. I had grown up in the house and my parents did little to change it over the 45 years of my life. On the edge of town when I was young, the surrounding area had built up bringing the house more towards the center of the neighboring houses. But it was all that Midwestern living was about, small homes, large yards, and conservative neighbors.