Journal Entry 108/0120 "Excuse me.Journal Entry 108/0120 "Excuse me. I'm not intruding, am I?" I jumped nearly three meters out of my skin. I had been alone in my own home nearly all day, and nothing had warned me of someone approaching. A voice completely out of nowhere was nearly impossible. Then I looked and saw who it was. "Uh... No. Hi. How are you?" I asked, recovering. The young woman standing in my living room nodded and said, "I'm well." "You look well." I said. "Yes, I do," said The Woman Who Is The Great Hall. "To what do I owe this visit from my closest living relation?" I asked. "You said that you wanted to be on my list of guides. I've need of guides, now and then. I have a... case, I believe is the word, for you, if you wish." I looked at my schedule and said, "I haven't got anything really serious right now. I guess I'm free. When do I begin?" "You're charge is at the Arc right now, but you will not be joining until the jump is made, which means tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock. Can you be ready?" "Yes, yes of course," I said. "Excellent. I'll expect you then. You probably won't see me." "I know how it works." "Goodbye, father." "Goodbye, sister," I said to the AI that incorporated my own genecode as she faded from view. Three o'clock. The days was already warming up; dawn had been cold, but now that the sun had been out for three hours the day was clearing. Too bad I was going someplace completely different. I shouldered my backpack, checked my boots and my hat, and walked on down to the SDisk. |