Free Love in the Time of Technology 1 by Joseph Veramu Page B

fall in love with me.”
    He seemed satisfied with this response.
    “Thanks for not hitting him back.” She knew that he was stronger and could have disarmed Roan and immobilized him.
    “I did it for you.”
    “You’re not as dumb as you look,” she said pleasantly as she struggled to lift his perfect form back on the bed exasperated that he was faking his helplessness. “Come on. Don’t lie to me. You’re not exhausted. You Geneticans can go on for hours,” she teased him.
    He cuddled up to her, “We were made for each other,” he said simply.
    She looked away. He turned her face towards him. “You’re hiding something from me.”
    “No,” she said.
    He was reminded of Zugovsky’s words that it was best not to know the future.
    “It’s just that in the midst of great danger we fall in love. I never expected it to happen l ike this. It just happened.”
    She wanted to savor the moments they had together knowing that they were like pawns being used on the planet’s stage to make certain events possible. Like pawns they could be sacrificed for the greater good.
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    Mario came forward and stood near Roan.
    “You have to let go. He needs us.”
    “I can never bring myself to accept him.” He looked accusingly at Mario. “You brought him here.”
    “I am only a messenger for the Oracle. I don’t decide anything.” He turned and walked away slowly feeling that Roan needed his space.
    “You’re just like him.”
    Mario came back barely containing his rage, “What is that supposed to mean?”
    “You also came from Genetica and you’re a clone too,” he said standing so close to Mario and breathing down his face.
    The blow and the kick came simultaneously that Roan fell unceremonio usly to the sand. They both drew their weapons. Their hands were trembling with deep emotions. Then Roan came to his senses and realized that he had allowed his anger to consume him with hate. He put down his gun and covered his face with his hands. “I can’t believe what I said! Oh what have I done?” He trembled as he gasped.”Mario, please forgive me.”
    Mario relaxed and put away his weapon but he stood standing looking sadly at the sea.
    “I don’t know what came over me,” he sobbed as he hugged Mario.
    “ You made me feel so unloved.”
    They were treading on sensitive ground.
    As Mario walked back to the house he turned to him and said, “Has it ever occurred to you that I have feelings for you?”

Chapter 11: Getting Ready For The Mission
    Wolf’s most pleasant experience was sitting in a boat in the ocean warmed by the sun. He did this almost every day. One day feeling quite drowsy he fell into a lucid dream and then a powerful insight came upon him. He was always searching for inner peace in Genetica but it always eluded him. Here he found that this inner peace came and filled the empty unspoken spaces which not even the most powerful super-machine or clone could access.
    For the first time in his life, he felt different. He was not sure whether it was because of his new diet of fish and organic foods or because he was in love or both. In any case he liked his new life without his daily intake of smart pills and gm foods. He enjoyed the authentic climate. He had to get used to the warm sun, the rain and the insects although they often recoiled on contact with him.
    “I think if you mixed some of your saliva with water and poured them around, it would act as a repellant,” Lilydeen had joked.
    “I’ll rub you down with it so they don’t attack you,” he said as he grabbed hold of her legs pretending to lick it.
    His body reacted well to life in the Fringes and he liked his suntan.
    His most enjoyable times were floating on a boat in the sea. He could never get enough of the experience of bobbing and rolling with the waves.
    He was looking at the horizon when he heard the voice again.
    “You’re enjoying life.” It was Zugovsky.
    “I never realized that life could be so wonderful.”
    “At