I was a little bit shocked at first and didn’t quite know what to make of it, but then he leaned his face down towards me and kissed me. I kissed hi... back greedily, and he seemed excited that I was going along with it. I shoved him back towards the bed, pushing him down on it, never breaking the kiss. His arms were strong around me, and I silently wondered if I was just having some bizarre dream. At this point, I was straddled on top of him, and almost passed out when he reached behind me and. "I turned to see Huw climbing out of his medical pod. He looked more different than I had expected. Actually, I hadn't looked at myself in a mirror yet, so I wasn't sure what I looked like. I knew what the holo had shown, but reality always has a way of surprising one.Huw smiled at me briefly, and then began to stretch. "Something feels wrong," he complained."You've grown a couple of inches," I told him."You'll get used to it," Sofia told him. She passed him the drink. He didn't hesitate and. 44 cal. magnums with carved grips of elk horn. And like Buck, Tex had an S.O.G .43 combat knife in each boot.His thoughts were interrupted when Tex asked, "Did you take a bath recently Buck?"Suddenly wary, he abruptly came to a halt. "What's that crack for?" Buck retorted. Then he smelled it too. A sickening stench, that came from only one thing, a mutant!Most animal mutants were a deformation of a normal animal. Then there were the others, the E.D.M.'s short for Environmentally Diseased. "A little late for that," he said to himself.When he came back down the hall, he expected Em to be waiting by the door with her coat on, but ... her coat was still hung, and she was still standing at the window."Okay, ready," he announced.She didn't move.He stepped closer. "I'll take you home now." I'm not like this," she said to the window."Like what?" Alex blurted, immediately regretting it. He rushed to cover his faux pas. "This ... confident?"There was enough light inside that they could.