" Although she apparently has no trouble bein' on the other end, huh? I mean, spanking little Terry."She clapped both hands over her mouth this time, ...s if she had said a little too much. And by this time, I was getting a little more comfortable in our little improv."How do you know that, Laura?" I, um, I..." she let her voice trail off."I can find out, Laura. Mrs. Martin had this little security camera system installed." Oh, God, please no," she said. "He was just, you know, acting up, so I,. “Sire, the education delivered to you, was not appropriately tuned. You have a mix of DNA for this body which was being slowly amended to become the ancient DNA of our people. The mix created a conflict in your mind. I have accelerated the changeover process and the machines will be calibrated for each of your empresses and friends. You are otherwise unchanged. You will move ahead without problems. We will be much more careful with your team and associates,” explained the doctor.“Thank you. There it goes again and a whimpering. What could it be? Now it starts. A bark!He has a dog. There it goes again. From the sound of it I can tell that it is a puppy. Again I lay down, but the dog keeps on barking. Fifteen minutes pass. Something must be done. I have to get some sleep. I don't want to spend my Saturday in bed.Now I get up and slip on my robe. I go and knock on his door. When he opens it he is bare-chested wearing only some shorts, and he is truly carved from stone. His body is. Since she had other plans for seven I gave her a long kiss and said I’d call her and then headed home. Being a bachelor has it’s rewards but coming home early after an afternoon like that left me feeling like I’d just read the first half of a great book and it was taken away from me. I wanted to finish the story! I made a light dinner and then considered my options. It was too late to call anybody, I almost never watch TV except the occasional movie or I could read. On rare occasions I would.