The knowledge also floods my consciousness that I'm about to be shut down until my mother system can determine a way for me to deal with these problem.... My mind goes dark.The second time I awake, I have experiences and memories that I know are not my own, but the knowledge and experience help me provide a buffer. All the same incoming data is there, streaming through sensory inputs from all throughout my body, but this time I can ignore most of it. My mind now accepts the sensations without. Most days, it would be little or nothing except to go to class or do my homework. Other days, there might be big decisions, but I should only worry about those when the time came to make them. It makes a hell of a lot of sense, and her life is very simple compared to mine. Since I’ve followed her principles, my life has become simpler as well. Of course, Kara had a lot to do with that, like you said.”Jennifer stretched, “Would you mind if I took a nap before dinner?”“No, go ahead. I have plenty. Be back soon.”And then he dropped me back down on my front lawn. After that, I went out every night onto my front lawn for months, and he didn’t come back. I cried because I never thought I would see him again.---3 years later---Still fascinated by space, I studied astrophysics in college and after graduation, I decided to become an astronaut. That is at least what I told people. I really pursued this rare line of work for my aunt and with the thought of hopefully reuniting with Kayzor. At. Forget about waiting for a cocktail waitress. There's one assigned to your table. And forget about some moron on third base while you're playing blackjack. No one is allowed at your table without your invite." Really?" he said, interested in spite of himself. "And you've done this a lot?"She smiled. "Gambling is yet another one of my vices. I'm pretty good at it, too." But you're not twenty-one yet."She chuckled. "When you take out enough in chips they don't give a rat's ass how old you are,.