Her hair was still a little damp and tied back ina tight pony tail. She looked so fresh and innocent as she padded to whereher father was sitting. She...reached him and to my astonishment dropped to herknees at his feet. "Hi Daddy " she whispered. "Hi angel " hereplied , his hand dropping to rest lightly on her blonde head. " Angel " hemurmured to her " Uncle Dave is worried about you, he saw you suckingme off in his car and was concerned about you, please tell him you are ok".She turned to face. She had started crying.‘Hey please don’t cry. It has ended. I’ll talk with him’ I caressed her arm trying to console her. Amishi looked down for a while wiping her tears and then stood up suddenly ‘Can you please walk me to my home’.‘Of course’ I said still holding her hand and stood up. Her apartment was just a couple of blocks away; we started walking slowly in silence. Though horrified with disgust and anger I was somehow happy to be finally able to hold her. ‘Is it very uncomfortable?’ I. . Which unit is stronger? The comm built in to my chip in my neck, or the one in the amulet on my chest?’Io: ‘The comm in your neck is a single purpose device. As long as you’re alive, it’s a much stronger connection.’Armis: ‘Well, let’s hope you don’t get to depend on a weaker connection. If I remember, there’s nothing short of an enhanced MRI that will find it.’Io: ‘Right.’Armis: ‘So ... we’ll use the amulet transmissions only, because they might be tracking transmission coming from me. I. .we're livin' in more tolerant times, aren't we?" Larryadded. "More rights for men t' marry men, an' women marryin' women,addressin' discrimination in th' workplace an' outside it...it's abrave new world, sport. Sooner or later, even all that man-hat'rposturin' from people like Celeste is gonna set 'em apart from allth' rest, an' there will be no place for 'em t' hide. They'll be seenless as crusad'rs pushin' an ideal, an' more like criminals who jus'think about themselves."Timmy thought on.