.. unions would make the hosts ... effectively immortal, am I correct?” I asked the Fae.“Indeed, they would. So consider that detail when naming n...mes,” the Fae answered quickly.“Andrea Wilton, Nicole Santini, Celine Charbonneau. Anne Archer. Terry Jastrow. My remaining guards: Bruce, Kerry, Josephine, Walter, Valerie, Stewart, Bill, and Mark,” I stipulated the names of Ellis’s original Secret Service, now Imperial Security, detail.“Done!” the Fae bellowed, “but there are many more Fae than. Like all foods, one package of stew provided the government mandated 550 calories. It was expensive enough that the average employed person could only afford a dozen or so per week.For special occasions, there was the TV dinner that was actually meant to be heated before being eaten. It even came with its own chemical heater although they tended to not work most of the time. These meals had little portions of soy products that were presented in unique forms that supposedly represented the. ‘But I guess I ought to have known that alone would not do,’ Elizabeth conceded now. ‘Who has ever been happy about growing up to look like her mother anyway?’ And at that, we shared a laugh through our despair for Margaret. ‘Excuse me, Elizabeth?’ We both set down our glasses, and turned to see Katie’s mother approaching our table. ‘Phyllis, what a lovely surprise!’ Elizabeth said, standing up to greet her neighbour. ‘Allow me to introduce a dear old friend of mine, Agnes Marlston. I believe. She smiled a bit shyly. – Mm. I do hope I’m a bit less self-absorbed, Sandy said. So what brings you here over all the continents? – I’m really not sure. I published a slim volume of poems last year, and someone here must have liked them. Imagine the University of Paris flying me all this way to read some poems? I’m so flattered! And especially as, till this morning, I’d never set foot in Europe. What about you Sandy, what brings you here? You sure brighten up the place, amongst all these.