After I remove about seventy-five, I see diminishing returns.”“So I could make you into my servant in as little as 200 minutes.”“I would rathe... you just kill me.”“So why did you stop her from remembering the time before she was a servant?”“It makes them moody if they can remember when they were their own people. It’s easier to deal with the memory inputs than take the time to fine-tune the emotions. They retain all their procedural memories so the loss of memories of past events doesn’t reduce. By the time Louise got back Iwas feeling a lot calmer. I'd let the events of the day get on top ofme. "Let's look at the facts" I said to myself "Jill hates me, but alsohates all the other girls. They all think I'm a transvestite but I'dprobably assume the same in their shoes. Tony's feeling me up wasprobably just a joke, as was Emma and Sue buying me a dress. Lighten upand get to the end of the day and you'll be able to leave Gemma behindforever"As the afternoon progressed I realised I. ” She took my hand and I followed her into the living room where we sat down together on the sofa. She cuddled up next to me, an intimacy we hadn’t dared express before today.“Tell me about it.” I couldn’t give her specifics because of police investigations. I told her of the boy and father who had come to me, about getting a clue about where to look for the cyberbully, and then about the revelation of the predator and involvement of the police. Like the boy’s father, Andi wanted to go directly. Things don't feel normal. Melanie was so quiet on Friday, even her mother looked concerned and asked her if she was feeling okay. Weather-wise, it was a very stormy day. Melanie told her parents she was feeling seasick. Her dad nodded and started our trip back early. Melanie tried to rest, first in the dining / living area and then she retreated to our stateroom. She took a big nap in the afternoon, and looked a little better by evening.Melanie and I, we haven't spoken, nothing of any meaning..