My eyes finally find their way up to his face. A crooked smile. Messy light brown hair. Gorgeous blue eyes. I give a little laugh. “Yeah, I guess. ...Just one stupid box, of course.” His smile is breath-taking. “There’s always one.” He starts to walk towards me. I move out of his way and he reaches in and grabs the box. He pulls it away with ease. When he straightens up, there’s another grin on his lips. I fake a scowl. “I loosened it.” We share a short laugh and I’m surprised at myself. I was. I had a lot of faith about a particular idea I'd had at PARC that no one ever wanted to listen to. My idea was a way to quadruple or quintuple the length of time someone could get out of his or her laptop batteries. In those years Lithium Ion batteries were becoming the norm, but their performance wasn't that much better than the older encased lead acid ones. I knew how to turn the whole equation around, and do it on the cheap.I fleshed out my idea, filed for a patent, and then went to market.. The ambulance stopped and the driver got out. George walked around the front and exclaimed, “Hero! Nice to see you again.”“Hi, George. Take care of the kid first. He’s going into shock and has a tourniquet on his leg.”“No problem,” George replied. He went to work on the kid while the driver got out the gurney. George worked slowly and carefully. He had a habit of talking to himself as he worked. Usually, his monologue was a recitation of the steps that were to be taken.John looked over at. Stupid with his hands." Could you see yourself with...."Kinny grunted. "Nah. Well, maybe," Kinny said, thinking of Colin. "Nah.He's a rising star in this world, but I can't see whoring myself forsomeone else's paycheck. If I have to be with a man, I want to be withone who's less sure of himself." You want to be in charge." I want to be treated like a person. Not tits on a pussy." That can be refreshing, actually. Honesty is rare." Am I hearing this right?" Kinny asked. "If a man is treating you.