However we had yet to have another cheat day. That was expected. We had gone from 0 to 200 in 10 seconds flat. This would take some getting used to. I... knew I certainly had my paranoid nights where I worried about it falling apart. However, I was in the perfect frame of mind for our first cheat day when it finally came around. I had been sitting in my dorm room after classes. Once again one of my roommates was out at a party and going to be staying the night. At the moment it was just Connor and. This is the only future that I've found that changes the basic consumer driven economy in what I view as a good direction. The current economy is based on planned obsolescence. That doesn't really move the standard of living forward. In fact, it holds it back. Sure, some improvements are made here and there in products, but the economic cost on the average household is tremendous and the stress on resources is phenomenal." What do you mean?" Lucy asked. Like many people, she had assumed that. "Our son will be fine. I'll work on him again later. If the fears of your father and the elders of two places comes to pass then we will deal with it. My talons are large and your sword is sharp and our strength true. What is a human in the face of that?" What indeed. Oh Del that poor child. Not even Gem, who went through hell, had even seen what Jamey had. He watched his father beat his mother to death. Why did no one come to her aid?" I can't fathom way someone would do anything like this.. They sat there holding hands and looking at each other for several awkward moments before they both pulled back shy and retreating. They finished eating their meals and as Andrew got up to head back to his lab, he paused for a moment to look at the girl who had been sitting at his table. The next day Andrew was again at his table eating. Elizabeth showed up again, and this time she came over to his table even though there were other places available. "May I sit here?" she asked him this time..