The sun had just started setting and the early autumn evening was comfortably cool. It was a beautiful sight, the crisp clear contrast of color betwee...n the blue sky and the play of fading sunlight over the orange and red of the fall foliage. The street was alive with motion and sound, with several dozen costumed kids out and about, laughing and having a good time. In an hour, their numbers seemed to multiply exponentially – I had no idea that there were so many kids in our town, let alone our. He drew out long dark lashes over the eyes andthen turned to Marshall to see what he thought."It looks like I'm playing Sims XXI," he said."You practically are," Dmitri said. "That is the most commonly knowninterface so they copied a lot of the features for this program.Dmitri then made a few specific adjustments; heightened libido andsensitivity were easy to cover. He made certain that Marshall understoodthat for this task, having them cranked up to eleven was desirable, butfor a long term. "He must concentrate on his studies first. Now tell me about your professors..."There followed a more technical discussion about courses and grades, but Tony's mind kept wandering to Manjula. In one sense she was the first real Sri Lankan he'd ever met. Nearly every Sri Lankan he'd ever known had lived in the West for years, if not decades. He had never been there himself — his parents, unlike some others, had no interest in visiting. Both regularly denigrated it as a "primitive" place and. We heard a couple of slaps, shouts, and somecrying muffled by the door of whatever small room they found back there.A very teary little boy with a red face walked out rubbing his evidentlyvery sore bottom and took a seat beside me. His mom stared at him untilhe asked, in the lowest volume he could muster, that Andrea make himpretty, please. His mom smiled and went back to her styling chair.His hair was shorter than mine, only just above his sholders. She blow-dried it straight and curled all.