The nano-bodies began their existence as a weapon system during one of the early stellar wars. That failsafe reset the third-level mission code sub-ar...ray to the direct action mode from the defaulted direct observation mode. This created a paradox between the action the nano-bodies had taken and the new programming instructions. Although the nano-bodies didn't register their past actions as an error, they did immediately report the effect of those actions to the AI.Shem was accessing the effects. His specialty had been to pose as a fugitive from the Iranian mullahs and to ask for 'help' from the exile Iranian community. He had collected over seventy thousand dollars before they wised up on him. Now, two years later, he was out of stir again. The problem I faced was that the good Samir had not worked for a living in his entire life. I don't think he was really bad or evil, he'd just never learned the concept of earning his living. He had been fired from two jobs already, both times for. When school integration became the law of the land, it became a private all white school. The school kept going till the eighties when a fire in the chemistry lab did a lot of damage. So for a while the building was boarded up. Dan and Darrell had just started to go out on their own and there was not much money around. I had a job, it helped with the bills and my Sister and I managed to keep paying the taxes and insurance on the place. The insurance settlement from the fire went to make the. “I don’t want you to go Randy,” I said giving him my best sincere puppy dog face.“I don’t either, but you know they won’t let me stay. Dad and Jim wanna take us somewhere, and Aunt Lisa wants the women to help her, that’s why mom asked Marie and Stephanie to help.”I sighed. “I know, but I still don’t want you to go, who knows how long you’ll be gone.”“I know, and I don’t even know where were going, they wont tell me or Chris.”“Don’t do anything crazy, if they try to do something stupid don’t do.