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\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Chronicles of Suran, by Catherine N.X. (catherinenx@yahoo.com).  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par 
\par \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Author's website:  http://www.asstr.org/~holokittynx
\par \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Chapter codes:  Fg, rom, inc, ped, cons, mast, ScFi. 
\par 
\par \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Third person - childlove, lesbian, mother/daughter, semi-utopian.  Synopsis:  A fictional island democracy with no child-sex taboo, as seen through romantic and political vignettes focusing on the people who live there.

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\par \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 COPYRIGHT NOTICE:  This story may b\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e freely distributed provided it retains all story codes and credits, including the author's email and website.
\par 
\par \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Rachel, chapter one. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Saturday, 1st December, 2074. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
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\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja woke up, rolling over into a faceful of snoring black hair. Lifting her head a bi\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
t, she identified facing away from her the little munchkin she distinctly remembered nursing to sleep in its own bed the night before. This seemed to be happening more often, this odd magical disappearance of Rachel from her own bed and subsequent appeara
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 n\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ce in Mommy's bed. Sonja turned in the other direction to see water still dripping from the window frame and clouds dark enough to be the remnants of a thunderstorm she'd apparently slept through. Letting the aforementioned munchkin continue her log-sawin
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 g\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 , and glad that it was Saturday so she didn't have to dress or wash yet, Sonja made her way downstairs to check the net news and get some coffee. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 She turned on CNN South Pacific. Negotiations with the UN over allowing citizens from other countries to se\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ek asylum in Sonja's country were close to a solution. As of that Friday only a few technical considerations remained to be settled. The Surani government agreed to extradite anyone charged with violent crimes, fraud, and larceny. All were consistent with
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
the Surani constitution's basing criminal law on whether an action violated the individual rights of those it affected. The main points of contention, of course, were the Surani laws pertaining to sexual autonomy. Adults charged with violating age of cons
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
nt laws would only be extradited if there were evidence of coercion or force, or the child in question accused them of such. On this, the SDC had wavered little if at all. Sonja turned away from the coffee pot with her mug steaming just in time to turn th
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  volume up on the monitor. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
"The Suran Democratic Corporate has made clear its position on what constitutes a criminal offense, and with the United Nations are coming close to what we believe is a fair compromise in extradition law. The General Assembly 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
has approved most of the language of this treaty, and most of Suran's Executive Council has been following the transcripts of each day's proceedings. I've been in contact with them and they have agreed to sign this treaty after Parliament passes it. If pa
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 s\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
sed this month, this treaty will take effect in June of 2075. As for the offenses specified as such in the treaty, the SDC takes law enforcement very seriously, and violent criminals can expect swift..." 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja slurped her coffee, ready to head back to b\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ed and read until Rachel woke up and decided what she wanted for breakfast. Her interest in the negotiations was academic, as she'd been born in Suran and most of her family was there. When the subject of sex came up with her daughter, she could be honest
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
and open, without the Western world's still somewhat stifled notions about children and sex. Most of the US and Europe had lowered their ages of consent and enacted adaptive standards like education and signed affidavits, but there were still extreme cult
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 u\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ral biases in most countries. These led to insanely harsh penalties, vigilantism, and all sorts of discrimination going unprosecuted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 .  The UN was still plenty heavy-handed with most member nations, and Suran would probably never join.  But if the members w\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Suran was a relatively new nation, having broken from the US and ratified its constitution only twenty-three years before. But like the handful of Asian and very\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 liberal European cultures that influenced it and had themselves abandoned taboos about child sex over the past few decades, it allowed children who could }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 use}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  a language to consent to sexual experimentation and pleasure. Crime was defined in the constituti
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hildren having sex could not rationally be proven to cause either in and of itself. Transmitting STDs was illegal regardless of the age of the participants, and prosecuted according to the sev\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
erity of the illness. Independent childbearing was allowed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 for parents who were in a position to support children.  Those who weren\hich\f39 
\rquote \loch\f39 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  would be allowed to live with their children, but only under direct state supervision and assistance. The measures were no
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 t punitive, but practical - to ensure that children and their parents got a good start. The only real 'sex crimes' were coercion and rape. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 With the world's population problem and in spite of its slight decline of late, there was a great deal of bias in \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 advanced cultures against having multiple children}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 .  Likewise,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 failing to use contraception was very badly out of fashion. Like most Surani her age, Rachel was an only child. Her father was a very close gay male friend of theirs, and Rachel knew that he ha\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
d helped Mommy make her. Takeshi and his husband lived in the house (or mansion depending on your perspective) directly behind theirs, and Takeshi was Rachel's legal father if anything happened to Sonja. The houses' backyards combined into one large area,
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 and Rachel was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 allowed to play with all of it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
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Sonja looked out over the dewy grass and dripping palm trees as the sun started peeking out from behind the clouds, and thumbed the controls for the bedroom windows. As the glass became translucent to diffu\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
se the sunlight, she opened her copy of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Koontz's }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 
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 sat down next to Rachel, and picked up where she left off. As usual Koontz scared the hell out of her, but this time she wasn't sure what threat the protagonists were facing - only that they we\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
re all losing their minds and there must be a cause. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Forty minutes later, Sonja was chuckling at the genius of Koontz's explanation for\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 the dementia, and wondering at the potential this revelation offered for the story and its resolution. As she turned the page, Rachel moaned and opened her eyes. When she sat up, her hair flopped into her face only to be smoothed back by her mother's han
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 d\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 . 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Hey silly. Thunderstorm scare you?" 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "No, the storm was pretty. Lots of lightning. I wanted to snore at you." 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja set the bookmarked novel on her nightstand and snuggled Rachel close. "You're silly. And you've got some lip for a six-year-old. H\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ungry?" Rachel lit up, suddenly reminded that she had a stomach. "Pancakes? And scrambled eggs?" 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Simple enough. Come down in 15 minutes." Sonja started for the kitchen as Rachel flopped back onto the pillow. The kitchen was a bit chilly, which Sonja ha\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
dn't cared about when she'd gotten her coffee. Rachel would be a bit more particular, so Sonja turned up the climate controls and started mixing pancake batter. She prepared half a dozen pancakes and put them in the convection oven to stay warm while she 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 w\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
hipped the eggs and cooked them. Just as she started shoveling the eggs onto plates, Rachel came down in cotton pajamas, slippers, and with her heavy terry cloth robe trailing behind her. Sitting down at her usual chair, she made a show of lightly banging
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 her little fists on the table and chanting "food, food, food." 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Bite me, kid. I oughta make you cook me breakfast." She suspiciously eyed the grinning sprite. "No, on second thought, you'd make me fried banana tofu and chocolate covered roaches." 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Ye\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 p. And you'd eat it because I'm your daughter and everything I do is wonderful." 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Sure. Keep telling yourself that. Cuddly little nutcase." Sonja set Rachel's plate in front of her next to the blueberry syrup and butter, then went back to get boba and o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
range juice. As she moved about the kitchen and finally settled in front of her own plate, Rachel was eating eggs with one hand and thumbing through the movie listings with the other. A live action version of "Ghost in the Shell" had been made, and both S
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 nja and Rachel were interested in seeing it. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Cybernetics were not yet so advanced in 2074 as to cause the social issues addressed in the anime classic, but those issues were becoming more and more relevant with every new advance in neural interfaces. Mo
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
st of these were used to help the blind or deaf when simple nerve repair or cochlear implants would not work, but they were gaining in popularity for recreational and business computer users. Computer games could be experienced in three dimensions, with s
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
me rudimentary tactile sensation from more expensive systems. Everything felt like warm glass in such games, and delicate sensations like wind, taste, gravity, or sexual pleasure could not be generated by anything but human nerves. Still, they could be gr
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 at fun. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Rachel had requested a sensory implant to play these games and watch VR movies, and the hair on the back of her head had grown back to shoulder-length over the past three months with the use of hair-growth cream. Unlike a few kids who liked thei
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r jacks showing all the time, some even connecting decorative lights and glowing fiber-optic "ponytails," Rachel was rather enamored of her bone-straight black hair and had wanted it back as quickly as possible. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Smoothing the hard-grown crop back on her\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  head and tucking it behind her ears, Rachel piped up,"'Ghost in the Shell' is showing at the mall at one, three, five, seven, and nine." 

\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "How many tickets available for one? I want to do some Saturnalia shopping." 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Me too. Everyt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
hing before }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 five}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5792484\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  is 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 sold out. It says e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ight tickets for that show have sold while we've been talking." 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Let me get my debit card." Sonja stepped into her office for a moment, and came out fishing her debit card from her purse. Rachel had clicked through the purchase menu o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
n her tablet, and Sonja ran her card over its scanner just before the ticket count reached zero. She and Rachel would have to show up early to get good seats. She set her purse on the counter and went back to her eggs before they got cold. The sun was qui
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 c\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
kly drying the windows and backyard as the clouds broke up, and while the weather had been unusually brisk for a December in the South Pacific the day would be a gorgeous one to look at. Clear blue skies and puffy cumulus clouds were out in force by the t
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 i\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
me Sonja and Rachel finished dressing and headed out for the day. Sonja was in a faux leather pantsuit - close fitting, but warm enough. Rachel wore a bulky, bright blue skirt, wide copper belt, and matching blue shoulder wrap over her black jumper. The w
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ap was perfect with her Asian eyes, bobbed hair, and her mother's pale European complexion. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja had a minivan for group ou\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
tings with Rachel's friends or nights on the town with her own, but when it was just the two of them, they took her new T-Rex. It was a low, speedy two-seat cross between a car and motorcycle. The vehicles had been produced since the late 20th century, bu
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 t\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  become more affordable and gone through some technical changes. This latest iteration had a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 serviceable}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  trunk }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 up front}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 , an electr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 onically }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 shaded glass canopy, and an electric fuel-cell powered engine. For the time, }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 twenty}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  thousand Surani pounds was a stea
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
l for such a smart, fun machine. It was Sonja and Rachel's mischievous indulgence between them, little more than a three-wheeled go-kart for adults with money. Sonja plugged in her key, and the low hum of the engine slowly built as she swung her door shut
.\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14177338 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Rachel closed her door, affixed her harness, and slowly the trike rolled forward as Sonja put the transmission in gear and applied her foot to the accelerator. The garage seemed to melt away as the trike bounced out onto the street and turned towards th
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
e main street that led to the mall. Sonja hit the garage door control, Rachel looking back to confirm that it was lowering. Like the rest of the garage and most of the house exterior, it was mirrored glass that let occupants see out but allowed no one to 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 s\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ee in. Most of the time, it was translucent white inside and let light in much like Japanese paper windows. When a current was applied, it became fully transparent to let one enjoy the scenery. The windows curved upwards in a quarter circle, meeting the c
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 iling on the second floor and ensuring that little artificial light was needed in most rooms. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja had already done her shopping for Rachel's Saturnalia presents, and Takeshi had taken Rachel to shop for her mother. He had helped her wrap them at his h\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ouse, and Sonja had promised not to peek at them in Rachel's closet. Today they were shopping for Takeshi, his husband Geoff, Sonja's parents and Rachel's friends. Takeshi was seriously into cars (and had suggested the T-Rex), so they were eyeing a model 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
f a classic Dodge Viper for him. Geoff liked his wines, so Sonja had reserved a bottle of Chateau Louvois vintage 2035 at a posh winery downtown. It was pricey, almost six hundred pounds, but he was family. 
\par 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14177338 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 First it was to the mall. They arrived at about
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 10:00, and immediately headed to the video store to see what movies and games would suit Rachel's friends. Then it was off to Zap for jewelry they would enjoy. As was the fashion, most of the jewelry for sale consisted of fun, chunky synthetic diamond an
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 d\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  metal shapes. Most of the diamonds could be lit from the inside, and some of the metals changed color while you looked at them. Rachel was partial to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 rose-gold alloys}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 and stainless steel, but most of her friends were into glittery things. So each got matc\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
hing androgynously styled steel and diamond necklaces. Sonja thought they were a great idea - fun, a symbol of friendship, and easily replaced at 40# apiece. They were smooth link chains half a centimeter thick, with a rounded cube-shaped half centimeter 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 s\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ynthetic diamond pendant. It was on a lit setting, easily recharged by putting it on a charge pad. Rachel had four friends she hung out with at school, so she got them each one lit with their favorite color. Sonja made a note to get Rachel a matching one 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 l\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 it blue. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
They finished their shopping, picked up Takeshi's car model, left the lot of it in the trike, and headed back into the mall to see the movie. Shot scene for scene to match the original, it was 82 minutes long and worth all of them. Neither Sonj
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a nor Rachel could stop talking about it as they headed out into the waning daylight, and downtown to pick up Geoff's wine and see the sights. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 The three levels of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Leolua Street, the center of culture and nightlife in downtown Tashkana, w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ere}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  lit up }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 like cir\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 cuit boards}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  holiday lights. They hung by the hundreds and thousands from every tree, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 broad-leaf }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
palms and imported alike. All of them twinkled in unison with each other and with their reflections in the glass }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 skyscrapers}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  and arcologies}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
, like stars singing to the patrons and tourists. This yearly spectacle had no small role in contributing to the bustle of the street as an attraction in and of themselves. Sonja found parking, and they began walking along the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 top level}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  hand in hand to enj
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 oy the hum of the season. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Over the past sixty years, the Suran islands had become a hub of business, international trade, tourism, and research easily rivaling Chicago, London, or Tokyo sans population density. Small, out of the way, its population had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid14177338\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 fairly }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
exploded in the 2010s with the discovery of a vast supply of uranium ore and rare metals like neodymium just offshore. The US, upon whisperings of the fortune to be made and potential security ramifications, had purchased it just before this news br
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
oke worldwide. They were right about its importance. Mining companies all over the planet readily invested billions of American dollars to build tunnels and enclosed areas of dry seabed for mining operations, and these billions had built a vital economy i
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 n\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 a few short years. Thousands of workers and engineers moved to Suran, and for their trouble were afforded all the amenities of home. Which in most cases was Japan, the US, or western Europe. With them came families, and cultures, and the willingness to m
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ke a home on the temperate island chain. As the world's phone system was replaced with broadband video connections and satellites the islands seemed less remote from friends and family, making staying that much easier. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\cf6\insrsid2109649\charrsid14177338 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Suran was also within a single fli\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ght of several Antarctic cities and research stations with similar promise, serving as an easy waystation between them and Asia, Australia or the US. As techniques for mining through ice improved, surely the shipping and air traffic through Tashkana Harbo
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 would follow suit. Most of the population was Japanese and European, with a large smattering of Americans who'd stayed after the islands had seceded. The government was a model for others to follow, with many advantages of Jeffersonian democracy but more
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
efficient and ethically stable. The bridges connecting the islands were engineering marvels the likes of which even Japan had not attempted, and the megafloat airstrips off Tashkana Harbor were larger than any in Tokyo Bay. From space, the tiny avant-gard
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 nation looked like a glittering spiderweb, with Tashkana in the middle and the capital just to its west. The main bridge connecting them was a twelve lane highway twenty kilometers long and thirty meters above the bluest seas in the region. Down its cent
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r ran maglev tracks for speedy transit between the chain's two largest islands. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Besides the bridges and trains, another amenity perfected to a science in Suran was municipal air transit. Helicopters were cheaper, safer and quieter than ever. Antigrav ve\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
hicles were becoming available to very wealthy consumers. But far more numerous were dirigibles. With the advancement of tough, ultralight plastics and metal-polymer composites, they could be made for maneuverability and easy piloting, and streamlining wa
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 s\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 the rule. Hundreds of such airships moved about the skyscrapers and between the islands, many for sightseeing but most for commuters. Slung between buildings were landing pads allowing the country's engineers and programmers and bankers, thirty or forty 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 t a time, to enter their workplaces on the 20th floor, or 30th, or 200th. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 A few buildings were variations of the Japanese "S}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5072549 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ky City" concept, hollow inside }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 and a kilometer or more tall, with trains and inclinators connecting the hundreds of floors and m\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ultilayered parklands. The proliferation of these self-contained communities had cut the flow of traffic relative to the country's population of over ten million, and there were fewer passenger cars in Suran than in Los Angeles or New York. The few truly 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 m\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
assive buildings, like Tashkana One, had populations in the hundreds of thousands apiece, and were connected by trains and highways. Rarely were these thoroughfares moving anywhere near their capacity, and the roads were built to evacuate each }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5072549 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 structure}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 's \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
maximum occupancy in under two days if necessary. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 However attractive and optimistic was the Suran of today, its exact opposite had stood there 26 years before. Its initial industrial development had been short-sighted and aimed at instant results rather
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 than sustainability. After the gloss of new careers and corporate perks had faded, the workers and engineers who had moved to the islands had seen labor shortages and safety concerns go unaddressed as the demands on them increased. The United States gove
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
nment was long on money to throw at its protectorate, but short on ideas for using it wisely. The resources needed exploiting, but the workforce and equipment to do so could not be crammed onto the islands by traditional Western means. Eventually a number
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 of Japanese partners, with experience in massive industrial undertakings, were afforded the discretion and money needed to apply their expertise. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Workers were gradually relocated to Australia, and mining operations ran skeleton crews while new verticall\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
y-oriented living spaces were constructed and roads were widened. In a given area where 30,000 people had lived, now could safely and comfortably live 150,000. The drop in industrial output cost money in the short term, but began paying off hugely once wo
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
k could resume. In just over ten years, Suran went from being overcrowded by a relative handful of people and machinery, to comfortably housing vast amounts of each with wilderness to spare. By the mid 2040s, most development on the islands was for recrea
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 t\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ion and scientific endeavor, with little remaining support from the US financially, and a divide between Suran and its parent country becoming apparent. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Saturnalia 2048 had not been as happy as this one. Sonja remembered being her daughter's age and wat\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
ching Leolua Street during the rainy season. But that year the street had been bustling with military aircraft about tasks slightly more dangerous than shopping. To defend its interests, the United States had assigned Suran's Air National Guard some of th
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 most advanced (and island-friendly) warplanes money could buy. It was these craft which had used Leolua Street as a runway when war broke out. It was necessary, as in those days megafloats were easy to target and sink; this was exactly what the Americans
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
did to prevent the use of their planes against them. Another thing they had counted on until then was that the Suran state assembly would defer to them when the Asian and European sponsors wanted to take over, having contributed ever larger portions of th
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 cost for the development of the chain's resources and potential. Washington somehow didn't think that legislators, pilots, and Guardsmen who had been born and raised on the islands might side with their friends and families over foreign interests. Foreig
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 n\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 meaning Americans as much as Britons, French, or Japanese. Knowing better than to get into an open conflict with the US, the Europeans and Japanese decided to support Suran's independence from any other power, both political and industrial. 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
To an American sitting at home watching the news, the Suran conflict might have seemed at first like an interesting news story - somewhat more titillating than Iraq or Afghanistan or Colombia. To a Surani, there was no sitting at home watching the news. O
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 u\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
tside communications were jammed and cables cut, usually for months at a time. Air battles to get traffic in and out of the country were constant, and it was only PR concerns that kept the American navy from targeting the cities right away. This fact, as 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 m\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 uch as the willingness of the average Surani to take up arms, allowed Suran to mount an effective defense. After six years of conflict, nearly }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 two}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 hundred thousand Surani deaths, and the near collapse of the Surani economy, the combined expertise of its na\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
tive engineers ended the war literally and politically. Antigravity technology was in development before the war started, and with smuggled supplies from their overseas sympathizers the Surani government had constructed the first antigrav warship, with th
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 class name Nemesis. Most of the American planes used in the conflict were a bit older and less advanced than Suran's, but with constant maintenance and reliable weapons stores were slowly outclassing and outgunning the Surani force.  Soon that issue woul
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 d\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  be moot.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
On February 20th, 2054 at 9:20, eighty-two Surani warplanes, more than could normally be spared for one mission, took off from various parts of Tashkana Island, heading in the direction of the outlying island where the US Marines had establishe
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
d a foothold twenty thousand strong. Five minutes later a pale gray shape nobody had seen before roared from beneath Adanji Falls, hull so smooth that water sheeted off of it. Weighing essentially nothing but for inertia, Nemesis was accelerated by its sc
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
amjets to Mach 2 within a few minutes of clearing the rocks. Three hundred miles away, out of range of Surani land-based plasma weapons and 'Tesla coils,' the American carrier group was nestled too closely }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid5641437 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 together.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid6583181 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 [due to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Albert Ross}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid6583181 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  setting off mines t\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o draw them into a bottleneck]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
With their planes having launched at a rate of one every 15 seconds, nearly the entire American air wing was off trying to protect the suddenly threatened Marines. The half-dozen protecting the carrier were in no position t
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
o intercept or outaccelerate Nemesis. The slightly insectoid craft wasn't heavily armed, but didn't have to be for its objective. Essentially a bomber, it carried a defensive plasma cannon, some electronic countermeasures, short-range conventional explosi
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 v\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e rounds...and one tactical EMP warhead secretly donated by the Sino-Russian Federation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 [EMP }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 had to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \b\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 be donated because Surani EMP factory was destroyed and existing EMPs were too large for Nemesis\hich\f39 \rquote \loch\f39  bomb bay]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
. The warhead was delivered too quickly for the carrier's close-in weapons systems to target it in time. By the time it detonated over the group, Nemesis was over fifteen miles away. Seven thousand sailors were leaving breakfast, operating reactors, or ch
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
rging catapults when all the lights went out. Even the group's submarines were affected by the pulse. Suddenly sixty American warplanes were less concerned about shooting down Surani than about where they would land. The island held by the Marines was fit
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 for landing on by VTOL craft and little else. 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 They were all too happy to be forced down one by one, d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 itching}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  their }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ordnance}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  over the ocean before landing wherever they could to be placed under arrest. The carrier group was in no position to help them, a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
nd using it as a bargaining chip had been the point of the Nemesis' attack.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
  Dozens of American ships had gone to the bottom of Surani waters during \hich\f39 \lquote \loch\f39 Vietnam 3,\hich\f39 \rquote \loch\f39  and the loss of another seven thousand sailors could destabilize things at home.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 The surface \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
vessels could only last for a few days without power, and the submarines were already sinking. The Surani Executive Council was eager to explain this to the American president via satellite, and in less than an hour he had sworn the withdrawal of American
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 forces from the region in exchange for Surani assistance in berthing the crippled surface ships and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid15626973 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 surfacing the submarines.\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39   The US would get the sailors back, but not the hardware.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid15626973 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 One of the planes protecting the carrier had fallen into the ocean (sa\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ns ejected pilot) from the EMP, and its reconstructed form sat }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 Independence Square. The curvy, somber monument was just barely visible to Sonja in the distance as she walked out of the winery with a sleepy Rachel straddling one hip and a very expensive \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
bottle of hooch in her shoulder bag. Rachel seemed to be tiring out earlier than usual of late, and had mentioned not getting much sleep for one reason or another. The drive home was quicker than Sonja expected, but driving was always fast once one cleare
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 d\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
 the city and got to the freeways cutting through the forest-smattered suburbs. She got the trike into the garage, and let Rachel snooze in her harness while she carried the presents into the kitchen and put Geoff's wine in the refrigerator. Carefully she
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 extracted the cuddly little blueberry-attired girl from the cockpit, getting her halfway up the stairs before Rachel awoke and hugged her, whispering "Mommy." 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Hey, silly. Do you want to take a bath before you go to bed?" 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Okay." Sonja carried her in\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
to the bathroom and turned the water on, removing the silver clip holding back part of her hair and gradually extracting her from her blue and black ensemble as the tub filled. Gradually Sonja's own clothes joined her daughter's on the dressing bench as R
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
chel soaked in the sweet-scented water and bubbles. She moved forward as Sonja sat behind her, with one leg on either side for easy scrubbing and shampooing. Not many kids were interested in old movies and comics, but Rachel liked quoting young Pasquale f
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 r\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 om the 1990s American comic strip 'Rose is Rose.' 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Never settle for shampoo. Demand REAL poo!" she lazily quipped as her mother laughed, checking to see that Rachel's jack had a seal in before reaching for shampoo and working her hair int}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid6059599\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o a fruity lath\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 er. Water }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid5775727\charrsid2109649 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 would have no effect on the flat round disk of the neural jack}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 , but }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f39\fs20\insrsid6583181\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 Sonja assumed it was a good idea to keep the thing dry}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
. Sonja was too engrossed on keeping the bubbles from Rachel's face to immediately notice her slight squirming. Not at all a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
n uncomfortable movement, more like that of someone enjoying a warm blanket or exquisitely hot shower. What she did notice while rinsing the shampoo out with the hand sprayer was Rachel closing her eyes and rubbing her thighs together. Between them}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid8216600\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 , throug\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 h a gap in the bubbles, Sonja saw Rachel\hich\f39 \rquote \loch\f39 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649\charrsid2109649 \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39  tiny right wrist being pressed inward, hand flat against the warm porcelain. 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af39\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \f39\fs20\insrsid2109649 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
Unsure what to do and not realizing this subject might come up so soon, Sonja slowly inched closer to her baby, slowly caressing her tiny shoulders with a fluffy sponge. Rachel began rocking back and forth a bit, and Sonja decided not to rush things or ma
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 k\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
e her talk about what she was feeling yet. She snuggled up to her daughter, rubbing her tummy and letting her soak for a few minutes before asking if she was ready for bed. Rachel smiled and nodded, and Sonja stepped out of the tub, drying herself off bef
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 o\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
re standing Rachel up to dry her. Rachel stepped out of the tub onto the fluffy bathroom rug, and her mother kneeled before her. Smiling, Sonja wrapped the towel around her and slowly rubbed it up and down, concentrating on her sides and legs. Rachel's ey
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 e\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
s drooped a bit, and she sighed as her mother dried her neck, back, and bottom. Setting her up on the counter with the towel wrapped around her body and tucked under her arms, Sonja got a smaller hand towel and tousled Rachel's hair dry with it before don
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 n\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 ing a thick robe. She left the robe open, snuggling Rachel to her pale chest as she picked her up. 
\par 
\par \tab \hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 "Do you want to sleep in my bed tonight?" Sleepily, Rachel nodded, and was carried into Mommy's room and put in bed naked. The room was reasonably warm, s\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 
o the comforter would prevent any goosebumps. Sonja wanted to ask Rachel if she needed to nurse, but the girl's snoring answered that question. Sonja slipped on a satin nightie and slowly wrapped its matching robe around Rachel, then pulled the covers up 
\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 a\hich\af39\dbch\af31505\loch\f39 nd put one arm around her. In a matter of minutes the snoring became a team sport. And the house was quiet. 
\par 
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