Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

only a dozen years to make it obvious that the cure for agingwas a hoax from Alan's hack. She refused to believe that thecivilization of the study planet was real and that she had beenduped by her clone."That was written by people taking their best guessthousands of years ago," she said. "If John was shown themovie of the future by Jesus, he didn't have the words towrite it down. They wouldn't have thought forever lasted thislong.""Heaven wasn't realized until 2148," he said, thenremembered how dumb it was to tell her that since she wasthe first Angel in the west. "Two hundred and thirty five yearsis far short of forever. Since we were promised forever, Ihave confidence that the backup will somehow beresurrected.""Good, maybe it will keep us diligent about taking them."She moved her head on his chest. He noticed the elegant lineof her jaw, the smoothness of her skin. "Have you beenworking on your personification again?" he asked."Do you see something?" she asked in return."Your skin seems smoother.""I probably turned the rendering detail down for somereason and forgot to turn it back up.""No, the detail is there," he said, bending forward andkissing her on the forehead. At least she kept the samepersonification on and off duty, she was honest enough to dothat. Some people looked pious during duty hours, most131