“Thank you, Colonel. I apologize for intruding. It won’t happen again.” I saluted, received a return salute, and I turned smartly and headed out.... I had been gone almost an hour, about fifty-nine minutes more than my brother deserved.In my next letter from Marilyn, she did indeed confirm that my dad had called her and gotten my location. I wrote back and told her what was going on. I felt bad for my father, but he had really gotten himself into this mess, and I had no idea how he was going to. Amy was the 2nd generation augment, based on her career choice, while the 1st generation involved replacing organs/limbs with neuroprosthetics the 2nd generation involved grafting such into the organs themselves, think of sewing artificial muscles amongst healthy tissue, coating bones with alloy, all controlled by the ingestion of activating chemicals. For the uninitiated, say how coffee gives a rush, in a similar manner those chemicals activate the augments, which would eventually become. It was the summer of my thirteenth birthday. My best friend was having a sleep over to celebrate his thirteenth birthday as well. We've know each other since forever. That's how we've always looked at it; as long as we can remember we've known each other and been friends. I never really paid that much attention to his mom in all those years; she was just his mom and barely rated as a female in my book. I wasn't one of these boys who thought girls were gross or icky either. The phone rang and. We took a whole roll of film of the process. I think the school paper would love to have those pictures don't you. Then there is also the Internet. There is also the punishment if you cause any trouble later on. What do you think would happen if you were pushed out of a van right in front of the school as the crowd was leaving the basketball game tonight, dressed as you are? Also if you think you can say and hurt us later on. One day you could be walking down the street. The next day you could.