Even more interesting,it had a full matching duchess satin cape that came around the neck andover the shoulder, clipping to the top of the corset busk...just under thearms. It folded back and around, almost like the cape had a hood (itdidn't), that left most of my chest showing, from collarbone down tod?colletage.The design would be amazing by itself, but Alastair's team had spentthousands of hours embroidering rich designs of flowers and fauna in goldthreats and tiny crystals. It was designed. "Good guess?" whilst thinking 'She could have heard us talking, but I'm damn sure Karen would have seen her if she had been close enough to overhear our conversation!' and a tiny seed of doubt was sown.Janet dipped her head to pass through the thick velvet curtains that were swagged back with twisted silk cords across the caravan's entrance and, as she straightened, her hair brushed against something that tinkled, she turned just as Ariana followed her through the door and saw a wind chime made. The medical unit injected some medical nanobots to keep your body function at top rate and will repair most damage. The medical unit in the infirmary can repair serious damage to you. The ship now is monitoring you at all times. Should a life threatening injury be sustained, the transporter unit will remove you from the situation and place you in the healing pod.With the modifications we have made you will last the 150000 years I mentioned earlier. I know, I was monitoring you and you thought I. That could take time to determine... maybe too much time... Christ, if he could only see her... !"It's not a very nice neighborhood, is it, Mr. Cannon," Carol said.He grinned. "Not exactly the place where I'd let my wife walk the streets unescorted... if I had one. You said you've only been here a week. You mean in Westland, or Los Angeles?" Both. I'm from San Francisco. I rented the apartment sight unseen from a newspaper ad, never dreaming that the Westland section could be like this," Carol.