"Jim," he said, "we've got kind of an odd claim from a couple living near Mountain View, Arkansas, and I need you to get out there as fast as you can ...and try to head this off from becoming a lawsuit." Music to my ears.Fax machines were pretty new then, and not every law firm had one. Mine didn't. Federal Express was based in Memphis, but it had just started up, and wasn't the first outfit one thought of when communication was needed quickly. And you can forget about e-mail, cell phones, PDAs,. "I agree," said Grandma Wilson."Thank you both for your support," I said not taking an eye off of myson. As soon as we got over our sleepless nights we again searched out anothersurrogate. This time our plan was to use embryos that had beenfertilized with my long dormant sperm. I was still breast feeding Zackso I didn't need to undergo hormone treatment again. I merely had tocontinue breast feeding until the next baby arrived. Again we found awoman who had children of her own but felt the. They passed corridor after corridor, warehouse –sized chambers were left behind them. More people could be seen down here, many moving as furtively as Rabbit. Ironically, many of these timid people owed their freedom to Rabbit and Michael. But Rabbit didn’t blame them in the slightest for their resentful looks or fearful scuttling. After all, if you had not yet been visited by Prometheus, the computer generated simulations were generally fairly pleasant. Being awakened to this maze of horror. ”“And you will obey my commands.”“Yes, Mistress, whatever you want, whatever you say, I will do. I will obey you in anything.”She was quiet for a time. “It feels so strange to love you, little Mouse, but I do. I have never cared this much for anyone. They have always been toys for me to use. And now, now that I have a true slave, one who will obey me in anything, obey me in everything, I find that I want you to love me for myself, not just because I am your Mistress. Don’t you find that odd,.