Rosa was carrying a bag and was wearing what looked like a long white T-shirt; it hugged her body in all the right places and made her look like a sch...olgirl.When the two of them reached the shelter Rosa slipped the bag inside and kicked off her shoes. My mouth was going dry as I assumed that all she was wearing now was that thin white shirt.Helen raised a phone to her ear and moments later the spare phone I'd slipped into my pocket began to vibrate. I'd put it into silent mode when I got here. Fortescue was a quick eater and adept at pushing her way to the front of the queue. Soon she came and joined Diana, leaping onto her knee and purring loudly."I saw Francine again, darling"Fortescue growled a nasty growl. There was an infinity of feline loathing in that growl. Francine hated cats and Fortescue hated Francine."Francine wants to be a slave, darling Fortescue! Silly old Francine. But you could fix it for her. Couldn't you, sweetie pie?"Fortescue purred for a while and went to. Beside her, standing uprighton the bedside table, was the head of a dark-haired man with a lean bonyface, whose eyes were closed."What IS that thing?" I asked her."It's my good luck charm!" she exclaimed proudly. "I found it yearsago, when this station was still a planetoid, beside the body of an oldblown-apart android." The same android Dr. Weiner has been restoring?" I asked her curtly."Come to think of it - yes, it WAS the same android, Lenore! You'reabsolutely right. This head very. . Then--there was suddenly a lot of change for the people I knew. Thinking back on it, maybe Miss Megumi's announcement was the beginning of it all... (Standing guard in front of the police station, Shin'ichi lets out an enormous yawn.)Shin'ichi: I'm so bored. I wish something would happen around here.Fellow Guard: Don't say that! That's bad luck!Shin'ichi: Sorry, sorry... It's just that nothing exciting has happened around here lately... (getting a manic gleam in his eye) Don't you get filled.