"We are not quite at the place where we went when we healed Borthun's wound, but we have found it possible to keep a part of ourselves touching that p...ace." Once again we spoke in perfect synchronization.We saw that this was causing a slight amount of confusion, especially in Loretta, so we actively tried to pull our speech centers apart a little."It is a new thing, as of about an hour ago, so forgive us if we seem... odd for a while." I said."We see that the little stereo act is hard to. That equals 198 Watchers; what about the other two?”Nadiya smiled. “That’s very perceptive, Andrea! You’ve hit upon the next part of the story and I will get to it in a moment.”“The Watchers, as I was about to say, used their ability to project their thoughts directly into the minds of men and women to control them. Today we would say that such victims are “possessed.” In the course of sexual union with the Watchers, the neural network in the brains of humans was altered. Because they are. That was the last time we had enjoyed our playful romps and I had missed them more and more in the years since.I had been following a butterfly for a while when I sensed someone behind me. I glanced back and saw Jay there, also watching the beautiful creature fluttering around.“Hey, Kiddo!” Jay smiled. He had called me Kiddo for as long as I could remember, and would probably still be calling me that when I was 40. He handed called me by name in years. Some days I wonder if he remembered what. “Jim Wain”, he said. There was a moment of hesitation till a female voice said. “It is Maud I was introduced to you at the Workers Club. I was wondering if you would like to come for lunch”. He racked his mind, trying to separate Maud from the number of women he had met over the last week, he couldn’t but that didn’t mean he couldn’t be diplomatic and engage her as though he remembered her. “Thank you Maud, I would be delighted”. There was a slight gasp on the other end for his acceptance was.