I had the AI provide surveillance data - nothing appeared to be moving in this part of the complex except for a fountain or two - and also integrate w...ith the local systems just enough to do useful things like opening the door.It was odd, I felt, moving into a long and ornate corridor, towards a filigreed courtyard visible at its end. There was something very definitely amiss hereabouts, or rather several things, and none of them pleasant to contemplate. The first was that the Wisdom seemed to. 'Yeah I just left the lights on, dam battery's gone dead.''Hay no problem, I can give you a lift home if you like'I hesitated thinking back to being a k** and lifts from strangers and all that. That made me smile. Even if this particular stranger looked strong enough to lift my car off the ground. 'That would be great, your a life saver''You don't mind if I drop my stuff of at home first, I'm only five minutes around the corner?' he asked.'Yeah I'm in no rush.' I replied.He did live very close. She was a lady; a respectable lady. She was no whore! Suddenly his hand dropped to her knee. Her eyes automatically followed it; watched it alight on her knee; her black nylon covered knee. Her eyes watched his hand make contact with her. "I bet you are wet Laura." He said quietly. "I bet you are a very wet girl aren't you Laura?"Laura offered no resistance and just stared as if she was in a trance at the large dark brown hand that was slowly pushing the hem of her dress up her thighs. Between. ." The patio was smooth and cold, the garden shed ahead. She pulled open the door, tools, a mower, a dog cage. She led me to the cage, reached inside and pulled out a blanket, laid it across the top of the cage, then gently lowered me forwards onto it, legs spread, body resting on the frame, just as well, I didn't think I could stand on my own, not right then. "I'll be back." The darkness rose up, drowning me.I lay there in the darkness, trying to ignore the pain, the slow dripping that pooled.