5pound clone. The avatar bodies students train and play in are allidentical other than being programmed to have the player's real lifeface (or in the ...ase of boys a feminized version of their face). Witheveryone starting with the same body, the game is now truly ONLY abouttraining and skill! The clone avatar bodies have no minds of their ownand sit in stasis when not in use, but players can transfer over theirconsciousness via a USB like device to their player body while they areeither training. “Of course I’m not,” Alex shrugged. “Life’s too short to spend it being sorry. And really, stop walking next to me. Someone might snap a picture and seriously, the 90s called, they need their clothes back. Or do you still have them since that time? Passed on to you by your papa, or something?”“My clothes are new ... enough,” Carter said slowly, unsure of how a t-shirt and jeans could be considered as belonging to a different century.“Whatever, now shoo where you have to be, and somewhere that. She relaxed and let her legs drop. Phil, ask her, ‘Love, may I lay next to thee?’ she squeezed him again tightly, giggled and said ‘oh yes definitely’ she smiled and they rolled over. Phil lay there as Suz snuggled into him, listening to the wind blowing outside, the rain caressing the roof of the hut. they hadn’t even realized that the storm was upon them as they had been lost in the moment. Holding each other speaking very little they drifted off to sleep. As they awoke still holding each. ’He smiles. ‘Why’s that? Go on.’‘Well, I’ll relate to you how I first heard of Throwaway,’ I say. I slow down until Cosgrave falls in beside me and I tell him all about the man in the hotel with the razor and his distress over that very horse winning Ascot. Cosgrave laughs and I laugh too, though it was alarming at the time. ‘Throwaway!’ I bellow, just like the man.‘And did you tell Jim that the fella was in nothing but his undershirt, Miss Barnacle?’ Cosgrave asks, reaching for my arm; there.