." I gave her abrief summary of my own dream, making sure to mention the similarity tohers.She looked thoughtful. "I wonder... could there possibly be... aconnection to what we're doing here? I mean, we haven't had a lot ofsuccess thus far, but perhaps we're making a connection on some sort ofsubconscious level..." I hadn't thought of that," I replied, "I wonder if we should mentionit to Scott."But the opportunity to do so was gone. One of the technicians motionedto us that they were ready to. It should not be all that painful for you. I think your healing will be more along the lines of Wilbur's tour. Some pain, sure, but nothing excessive. Our jokes notwithstanding, we do take this business very serious. Alfred has taught me well to check everything closely and I will certainly do a complete scan first. Tomorrow I will be your doctor first and you must trust me with that."Elise sighed deeply and went off at a different tack altogether."What are you going to do about Lexa?" What. Even with T and C, I had moderated my taste for rough sex by putting away the heavy crop, and hiding the stock-whip Kim had given me as a welcome-home present.I did not see how news of Sebastian's changed behaviour could have reached the ears of the city's recently appointed bishop (earning me a place at the episcopal bean-feast) and supposed my still-secret help in putting away four Japanese "terrorists" was the reason for the invitation. Unless the request for my presence, was a mistake.I. I'd never been to Seattle and I'd heard that it was a beautiful city. Of course, every village, town and city has its dark side. but we won't go there right now.The fucking university stuck its nose in the air and didn't want to accept my A-school credits because of their age so I took CLEP tests, just to rub their damned noses into the fact that I still remembered every word of every text book I'd ever read. I was 38 the spring I went to college. I wanted to learn a few languages but their.