Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

using the cherubs? She was either lying about the cherubs ormeeting someone. Yes, he drove her to it, but he still neededto get it out in the open. He hoped she hadn't set up a meetingwith her lover and had to resort to a cherub. "Yes dear," hesaid, and got up and left her.Once back at the house he waited by the door for a fewminutes to see if she would come after him. She did not, eventhough the 'few minutes' got long. Eventually he went back tothe lab, he could get a few more samples combed before hereally needed to sleep. Late Friday evening there were notlikely to be any more interruptions.7:11am Tue. Feb. 7, 2384Little more than a week after he left Ava in Dos was theday of his presentation. He had been up later than he shouldhave the night before, but he wanted to be sure everythingabout the presentation was properly updated and he wanted tobe sure the new data didn't hit a bug in his animations. He'dmade the cot in his lab as comfortable as a cloud so he spentthe night there.For purely psychological reasons he went thru the ritualof a shower and getting dressed manually before anyimportant meeting. He knew any personification generatoravailable could do a better and more thorough job, and he hadto use his to check how he looked from the back. It was on182