"Never underestimate Sentinels, Gage, especially thosewho are seemingly unarmed. Weaponized nanites are among their unseenarmaments."Four women lifted...Moturo's insensate form -- his nanite-powered combatarmor recessed into the utilitarian black underuniform he wore -- intoa silvery, 7-foot-long pod, then gripped its handles. Sonora and Gagelooked on dispassionately as the group disappeared in a golden glow,transported up to a Chimera command craft that would take the Sentinelto the Night Skies. ”Jonah cracked up at this. “Ha ha! Matt, that’s killer! So you’re one of them nice guys, then! Touché, bro. That must be how you scored that super hot blonde you’re with!”“Huh? Oh, you mean Shannon? No, she’s not my girlfriend.”“Ah, right on. I thought she was. Anyway, you’re a good man, Matt. Miss Ellie is a sweet lay, but if you want some action tonight, Hayley might be pretty appreciative of what you did too. Not sure anyone’s ever done for her what you just did!”“There’s a first for. If only she had a car, Shea would be able to get home in about ten minutes. Plenty of boys had offered her rides home, but she knew they only wanted to get into her pants. One boy had tried to in the past, which had made her cautious from that point on. On this particular day, Shea was sitting in one of the two back seats, knowing that she would be the last one off the bus. However, she was not alone. Some younger boys were sitting in front of her, talking about how two students managed to hook. I wired myself to record our conversation and met him the next day. We took a booth and ordered our beers then I told him I just needed someone to talk to because I had been feeling so low lately. I confessed to him that since my wife died six years ago I had not been with a woman and it was about to drive me crazy. He told me I needed a plan like he had. That his plan had allowed him to score with two women out of three he had tried it on. He explained that rather than trying to.