.. I look old?"Well not now you don't. The way you dressed tonight makes you look much younger. You look like one of the girls in that TV show about t...e Lifeguards. You know... the ones who are always running around in the swimsuits." John took another bite of his dinner and acted as if he had just stated something that should have been perfectly obvious to his mother... like the world was round or that the sky was blue."Really?!" Janice beamed at being compared to the beauties on the show. She. "The meme scrambles the patterns of neural signals that enable an avatar touse language as a means of communication. After they have been reconfiguredshe has become a Turcophone, and always will be. She has to rely on herepisodic memory if she needs to revert, as we are doing now." I see..." is the response I make - though I don't, not really. "So what's'baby'?" Babek," answers Hilary, coming in from the dining room."That's easy to remember! Would you mind if I, uh...?" Elbetde," Louise hisses. I miss her so much and I know I will miss him just as much. What can I do? I want to cry all of the time. I don't know if I am more sad for him or for me. I am so frightened. What will I do? When I lose him, I will be all alone. I know I have you, but it just won't be the same! Please don't be mad at me. I love you and I know you love me." Sarah, it is right to mourn. Your mother was an angel and I know you miss her. Your father is so gentle and kind, everybody will miss him, too. It is alright. Maybe we woulda had a pack of beautiful babies, and I’d be sittin’ here now, bouncin’ my baby granddaughter on my knee, instead of drinkin’ myself to sleep.’ Mary gave me a smile and shrug. I laughed. ‘Ah, I know. You never can tell what the future will bring or what the past would have brought. But Mary, I never have forgotten ya. I will always raise a glass to ya, as well.’ I did just that. Mary smiled and raised hers back, taking a swallow and reaching out to touch my hand. Hers was cold,.