The transition was abrupt and sudden. Yet every wound, every blister and even the most minute damage to armor and equipment was gone.Nothing but their...collective memories told them that they had left at all.Har-Hi blinked surprised as he slowly put his swords away. “Was it all a dream?”Admiral Stahl rubbed his eyes and tried to remember where he just had been, he knew he had witnessed the Decision and was there when the Rule was restored, but his mind refused to yield anything but vague out of. Total time, twenty seconds. But I didn't really like doing that. Embryo counts started dropping, inexorably.Since embryo counts depended on my mood, all of us from the beginning had been afraid of what my mood would require. I never had any taste for anal or oral sex, which was helpful because the semen was happier in a vagina before being collected than anywhere else. Fetishes would not cause any serious problem. But what if my tastes became outlandish or unethical? Rooms of solid gold? Rape?. “I’m starving,” Angie broke the silence. The girls started cooking and soon they all ate to their heart’s content.“so, what are we doing today?” Nadia asked.“I’m basically free,” Angie said, “our boss is busy today and won’t need us.” She winked at Alene.“I don’t have a job,” Nadia said and smiled, “so I’m free.”“I can take a sick day,” Nicky said faking a cough. Alene laughs hard, Nadia and Angie joined her, Nicky looked offended, “that’s not nice of you.”Nadia calmed her down, “darling,. He is such a nice guy, please let me see him for a while longer. He needs me. I just can’t disappear in his life just now. Let’s continue our present lives, but you can sleep over with me when you want to. Going to college in the fall will change all of our present activities.’ Eric reluctantly agreed. Eric and Joan spent most of the day together just hanging out. Eric went home for dinner. He knew he would be seeing Joan later at Clara and John’s home. Eric went next door and arrived as John.