*** Bliss’s long, scorching summer was coming to a close as Rhiana’s Levnet implants were fitted. This was something Rhiana had usually assumed ha...ppened only to wealthy individuals who wanted to interface directly with Levnet – the computer network that spanned all of Colonisatia and beyond, to the Frontier worlds, to the Sparse Regions, even to the distant mining colonies beyond. But when Rhiana awoke in the slave-house’s dorm, her head sore and mind dizzy, she realised how easily the computer. .."After the song ended we were still dancing slowly. She turned her head and kissed me softly on the cheek. "I liked that." So did I." We need to do this more often."We slowly pulled apart, and she sat down on the couch as I went to the kitchen to get us something to drink. It wasn't until I had sat down that she spoke again. "How did tonight go?" Cordial relations have been resumed. Tentatively, at any rate." You two didn't stay out for long. I expected you back at eleven at the earliest." It. Miranda broke up with him privately and surprisingly, Michael began dating Nadia publicly. Parents be damned, he told everyone. He was so brave, everyone told him back. It was as if nobody actually cared what Miranda felt.After high school, their paths had diverged. Miranda found herself stuck at the local community college pursuing an arts degree. Michael and Nadia went to Princeton on full ride sports scholarships, eventually becoming a power couple in professional sporting leagues.Miranda. He held my hand, turning me this way and that as he checked out how I was packaged. He was clearly having a lot of fun, enjoying me and making me feel very good. When we entered the club room, it only took seconds for everyone to notice I was there. In a moment, I was surrounded by welcoming faces, happy to see me, wowed by my dress, repeating praise for our last party, chattering on and on. They formed a circle where I could whirl to their clapping, to show the full benefits of the skirt. As I.