" She smiled." She smiled. "It's given me a lot of ideas." She ran a finger along my lips. "Oooh, don't talk," she cooed, "that pretty little mouth of your has such a long night ahead of it. She put a finger aside her cheek. "I suppose I could have had anyone; imagine: the caretaker, the owner, the very core of Rhysh coming out of her silicon shell and having a heart, a brain, and courage." She smiled at her little joke. "And stepping out as a mistress certainly does take courage. You've got it so very easy, Kennet, being such a... bottomless bottom. Your little scene with Kathy was very surprising." She leaned over and pressed her lips to mine, gently and sweetly. "I've mastered walking and talking... that was my first kiss. You should feel very privileged." "Tonight there will be a party, theoretically in my honor. Rowan has been doing my voice for almost a year now, and only the AI's know the changeover has occurred. And Ember, your little daughter- she knows. And now, these two, although their master's don't know it. It's going to be something of a birthday celebration, Ken, and you are going to be one of the centerpieces." She left me there, with the other two slaves strapped down to tables, and I wondered. I wasn't worried about being left alone; I was never really alone, in Rhysh; the AI was watching. I was stunned by the little turn of events, though. Lynn, human? As an AI her eldar-los- faunos had always been that of a tall, blond human woman, but she never once mentioned wanting to actually move into a human body. |