"Joe blushed at the realization that he had forgotten that William was Native American and waved his knife through the air. He said, "You know what I ...ean." Yes, I do."Joe stabbed a piece of meat, but held off on eating it. He looked over at William and asked, "Were you hoping that I'd be your side-kick?" Would you like that?" Not really," Joe answered. He was intimidated by William and knew that he'd never get over it. He was afraid that William's comments at the Dinosaur Valley State Park. I sat down on a sand hillock and stared at the stars. Tinkling laughter drew my attention away from the heavens and to the sand dunes behind me. To be fair I wasn't really sober at this point but I thought I could hear my girlfriend voice. I got unsteadily to my feet and went to investigate. I didn't get far before I fell down again and for a few moments I didn't have the strength to get up.Once again I thought I heard my girlfriends voice just over the next rise in the dune. On my hands and. Everyone now received a set amount of credits a week no matter what and it was more than enough to provide for basic living. Since you couldn't steal credits and making a illegal transaction with credits was quickly caught it almost put a end to the majority of crime all over the world.Almost everything was automated so most people didn't have to work although many did. Not in the hard labor areas but in the sciences or artistic fields. A walk through any retail area in any city turned up ten. "Alice works in a hospital. Maybe we could land you a nurse! But, hey, what about Juniper? ... Franklin's daughter? Weren't you and Juniper pretty thick there for awhile?" Yeah, but that's over." Oh. Too bad."If Zeke Taylor was privy to the rumors around the clubhouse about Juniper Jones and her bedroom gymnastics, he said nothing to show it."I think I might be kind of a drag on the proceedings if I showed up alone," I said. "Maybe I'd best just beg off. But thanks, Zeke, for inviting me." Some.