"Yes!" she said. "We did it. We fucking did it!" We did what?" Jake asked. "What the hell are you talking about?" They ceded the advantage to us," she...said."They did?" asked Matt. "When did that happen?" When they offered us twelve percent royalties at five dollars an album," she said. "They changed their offer! They blinked!" Twelve percent royalties ain't shit," Matt said. "Not on a five dollar an album wholesale rate." That's not nearly enough to reverse the debt cycle we're in," said. Mama would be proud of me. The only time I felt they were unhappy with me was when one of our nightly sentries shot an Indian brave. I rushed out to see how badly he was hurt and to bandage his wound. The Indian paranoia said I should have left him to die because of the problems we had with the water they had guided us to. I couldn't leave him though. I had been given a pony for my services by one family; I got the injured man on the horse and sent him on his way. I don't. Maybehe would be able to improve his machine in the future, but not at thistime.As for Mikie's sessions, Dr. Zaaijer was trying to encourage Mikie tofeel the marital love for Alisa. Mikie still thought of Alisa as hermother not her husband. This was of course a deeply ingrained feeling.It would take many detailed sessions in the machine to change theirrelationship in Mikie's mind from parent-child to husband-wife. Dr.Zaaijer couldn't just throw a switch, it would take time to get. "After a moment, Tom released her and asked, "Would it be ok if we asked you some questions? If answering any of them will cause you pain, just let us know and we'll move on."Mia shrugged, "Any information that I could give you that will be of any use will be, at least to some degree, a betrayal of my Mas, err, of Arthur. It's ok. I'm accustomed to pain. It's far easier to endure when it's for a good cause." The faces of both men drooped in sympathy.They all sat silently for a few minutes,.