“I think we should get back into the shower unless you want a pile of hair all over your floor.”She carefully snipped away the bulk of my hair the... applied a dollop of shaving soap to my groin and my balls. Kneeling, she slowly and gently scraped the razor across my sensitive skin, stepping out periodically to rinse the razor in one of the twin basins. Finally, after about fifteen minutes she used the towel to remove the excess shave cream. My abdomen, cock and balls were as bare as the day. Monroe checked to see that the "halo" that received the electromagnetic patterns was securely seated on Meredith's head. Med students were encouraged to volunteer as research subjects as part of their education, and Meredith was the fourth to try to receive signals from Carl's brain. The first three hadn't been able to detect anything.Carl Smith was paralyzed except for his eyes. They moved, and the doctors had determined that he did have thoughts. He could answer simple questions by looking to. I’m sorry.” I put an end to the potential argument.We kissed and made love and I’m sure that he closed the book on the problem. But I was going to keep my eyes on him. He was mine. Things got better for a few months. Mick always wanted to talk about stuff. I swear he was like an old lady sometimes.Anyway, I had taken a job as a secretary with the same company that Mick worked for. I was in Human Resources and my supervisors name is Elaine. She is a little shady and I think she might be gay. But. From where we’re looking out of our pilothouse, the horizon’s three and a half miles off.“First aid kit and fire extinguisher,” Ben said.As we watched, the plume of smoke disappeared. I’m thinking either the fire’s out or they sank. Morbid thought.Coast Guard showed up on the channel, too. We went back and forth with them about our location and intentions, steadily plodding onward. Ben determined we’d get there before the much faster conveyances they had, including helicopters, but not by much..