“You are past your first youth, which narrows your chances in matrimony.”As her aunt looked at her critically, Helena knew that she was saying not...hing but the truth. At the age of twenty-five, she was no longer considered in her prime, and her lack of dowry did not help her marriageability. She knew without her aunt having to tell her, that the best she could hope for would be an older man, perhaps widowed and with a family who would be grateful for a “sensible sort of girl,” as her aunt. . men deserve your obedience ... obeying is so easy ... easy to just do as commanded ... any man who commands you should be obeyed ... no need to decide for yourself ... just do as you are told ... you exist to obey ... men are your superiors ... you only think and do what you are told...Inside the helmet, James stared straight ahead, doe eyes accepting new programming. He had been happy to record the new script, even after being told it would further wipe away his will. The boy had a mindless. Finally he withdrew his face from under my arm and looked up at me. He looked human now. Like any new member of our family, he looked like a blend of myself and the man he’d been before. He had my long face and nose, but had kept his strong jaw and beautiful brown eyes. He had the skin of the newly-reborn. Like most men of our family, he’d been reborn looking around 18 or 20.The imprinting went both ways. I felt overwhelming paternal affections for this man. I looked down at him and felt my. Despite the early hour there were more than a few customers. The song ‘Me So Horny’ by 2 Live Crew was playing while a few girls in various stages of undress shook their asses for enthusiastic customers. One girl was twirling around a pole on a low stage while another girl appeared to be giving a lap dance to an unshaven man in a trench coat. Someone had made a token effort to give the place a jungle décor with fake jungle trees and monkeys painted on the wall. It did little to conceal the fact.