.. as a woman, yes?" Well of course I do. I'm not senile you know." Uh..." It hasn't been the same since Harold died. He was a good man, though atad g...umpy if he put his mind to it." How long ago did he die?" Well..." She stared off again. "Twenty three years ago this March17th." Really?" I'll never forget the date. It was the anniversary of the day I had myappendix out when I was a little girl." Oh." I scrutinised my notes. "I thought you said you only... became awoman six months ago?" Eh?". "She actually had a pretty good reason." I'm all ears," he said testily.She sighed. "Iris didn't tell you she had voyeuristic tendencies because she knew you might not automatically like to see her getting fucked by another man. She didn't want you to feel obligated to watch her. Ask yourself how you might feel if you watched her having sex with another man. How would you feel if you saw her enjoying sex with another man? Many people who try the swapping partners misjudge their control over. Did they have a strap-on dildo, did they use vibrators, did they talk dirty? Who was the dominant one, was there a dominant one? For fuck's sake, why doesn't the fucking phone ring?I was just about to shout Pete for my third pint when he appeared at my side, a big stupid grin on his face and a carrier bag that seemed to clink very expensively."Your missus says she's finished the negotiations with that there solicitor friend of hers and when you're ready to go home, you're to take a drink for. "They let you do that stuff?" She asked when we were adding a hand to Bot-bot."Yes," I said. "Bot-bot is mine and Rachel's. Other people help us do things. I mean, we can't make all the parts, but this hand, well, we want to put it on there. Then we can see what we can make Bot-bot do." But you're using TOOLS..." Here! You do it. That screw ... just turn it until it stops."I mean, it's only a screw. Three of 'em hold the hand in place. A screw. But I guess that living with muggles, you don't.