There was a large, friendly button on the front panel labeled: START HERE.I looked at this for a long time. I'd come so far across the years, and the ...multiverses, to arrive at this moment. I savored it, while listening for any sounds that would tell me I was not alone. The factory remained quietly deserted. Only the slowly fading light outside changed. The only sounds those of dust motes hitting the floor.Finally I was jarred out of my reverie by an evening bird chirping nearby. I looked around. I would have her all the same, my lovely little Japanese vixen.“Simon?” I heard behind me, realizing now that there was a third party in our bed.“Megan?” I turned around long enough to see that my Irish fiancee cuddled up with me as well.“I want you to know that, whatever we did last night, and I don’t even know the details, I’m very much in love with you. There’s no doubt in my mind anymore, if there ever was. I must confess that I’m curious as to what exactly went down, but we’ll find out. The new kid learned how touse a 'paintbrush' to dislodge pollen, and a 'vacuum' to collect it. Atthe end of the day, what he gathered would be weighed in, and his Companyaccount would be credited accordingly."Don't be tempted to scrub too hard," Gibson told him. "If the pollenisn't ready to fall, it isn't worth having. It'll just contaminate thebatch. Anything that won't fall is best left to mature, and we can gatherit next time we come this way."Gibson certainly knew his harvesting. He. "One moment, there is a bank holiday weekend coming up, in about six weeks I think. I will not have the time to get home, it would take about eight hours on the train but would you mind driving here?" She asked, "It would take you about six hours to get here and you are not tied to train times, which are not that good from here. Also, that slut of a mother of mine will not be able to get any ideas into her head if you not there," she added"Well, my lectures finish at two in the afternoon that.