’ ‘She’s gone.’ ‘Sorry Master Chase. Thought ye’d be the one to git through to er too.’ Chase walked away, back to his room. It didn’t... matter. Why should he care. Sam was just a fling, right? Just something to occupy himself while on holiday. Then why did it hurt so much? Deep down, Chase knew that was bull shit. He cared about her, more than he was willing to admit. Deciding he didn’t want to stay at the house anymore now that Sam was gone, Chase went to ring Jack to tell him he was ready to. May I digress? As I watched the credits roll, the first time that I had ever seen my own name 'up in lights' so to speak, and as I felt my Grandfather's tongue and lips give me such pleasure, I began to wonder about the entire concept of pornography. Without getting either religious or technical, I had learned that amoeba reproduced by splitting itself into two pieces, that fish and birds and lower animals reproduced by the egg method, and that higher animals, including homo sapiens, though we. What else can you do?”“Okay, dig this,” Kyle said as he picked up a stone and examined it. He put it on the bench and placed his hand over it and then mumbled some words. His hand glowed and then stopped. He took his hand away, and Lee saw four piles of different coloured granules and a small pool of liquid. Each collection was a different base element.“I’m a recycler,” Kyle grinned at her.Lee got him to connect to her and then she tried it. With both of them having spent so much time examining. Master?" The last word was mockery, a challenge."I want you to walk," said Thule "out to the car. I'm driving you back to the bus station."Maya's eyes widened in mock fear and surprise, "The bus station at two AM. Ooh, good plan, my brave, little soldier. There are no buses until six-oh-five. That'll give the hoboes a good four hours to get their hands on me before I go home." Fine," said Thule, "I'll drive you all the way back to New York, then."Maya, who had started to rise, sat back down.