‘Until we can figure out how to tone the strips down so as not to erase the minds of people that we are wanting to subjugate, we’ll have to have s...meone that is sufficiently bonded to a Blade to go in and easy their minds into wanting to work for us. Are people really sure that this suits’ cloaking reformat will allow me to appear like I don’t have it on?’ ‘Yes captain, Tamara has given the suits as vigorous testing as she can under the circumstances. I have run several simulations on the. I’ve heard it. I’ve heard it from all of you. And, I understand it. You have busy lives, and having to care for and pay attention to an invalid all of the time is just too big a deal to deal with. So go back to your momma and tell her you’ve delivered her message, or your dad, whichever one told you to come here today and say what you’ve said; and deliver my message: I want to be left alone! Please, okay?” I said.“Dad you are so wrong!” she said and then she did leave, and yes, she was crying. But today is a game day. I’m psyched. I always am on game days. We’ll be leaving right after lunch so I’ll miss science, phys-ed, social studies and maybe English. Being on a varsity team has its perks. I still have to make up any missed work, but since I’m in The Program this week, most of the teachers are lenient with this so my homework load is low. I don’t think that’s an official part of The Program; it’s just something nice that the teachers do to ease our week.I’m really enjoying my. It awakened her with a start! She peered over at the electric dial on her alarm clock. It read 3:30 a.m. She hurt. She lay there for another ten minutes. The time slowly clicked by. There! She felt it again! It was hard to say exactly what it felt like, maybe like a watery wave rolling into shore, except this was in her abdomen. It hurt, but not profoundly, sort of like being constipated. She figured either her baby was moving, or she was starting to have contractions. Susan lay beside the.