Buddy: Really.

"I knew it! It had to be something like that."

"What, Gina! I'm lost. What are you talking about? I want to know; maybe I can help."

"Put your head in Mother's lap and I'll tell you the story.

"That's it, stretch out. Good girl."

"I like this part."

"What are you doing, girlie?"

"What comes naturally, is all."

"I appreciate it, doll. But don't tongue Mother's clit unless Mother tells you to tongue her clit. Mother has to concentrate now. Just lie quietly. Look at the ceiling."

"Yes, Mother."

"Good girl."

Kenner: You're right. It's just like you.

Buddy: Actually, it's a quarter of an inch longer.

Kenner: Oooh!

Buddy: But there's a reason for it.

Kenner: Who needs a reason?

Buddy: Well, climb on and I'll take you through the demonstration cycle.

Kenner: Demonstration cycle?

Buddy: Ever do it with a woman?

Kenner: Never.

Buddy: You're about to.

Kenner: Eww!

Buddy: Relax. Just VR. Take the goggles. You won't need the gloves. Want some lube?

Kenner: Bigger than you? You bet my ass I do.

[marking... marking... marking... marking]

Buddy: Why so slow? You're warmed up, I'm certain of that. Get down on it and ride, son!

Kenner: Yes, sir! Ughh!

Buddy: Good. Now the goggles. Here we go!

"Do you remember sub-Q control devices?"

"No," Celeste said, eyes intent on the ceiling.

"You wouldn't if you weren't really into VR. That's Virtual Reality. Know what that is? Good.

"Well, me and Buddy, that prick right there, invented them. At least we thought we did. The software and hardware development game is like Russia and the You Ess of Ayy back in the nineteen hundreds. Spies, covert actions, moles, plants, bugs, and all that shit. We had a mole in our organization but didn't know it. He didn't last long once we dug him out like the crap that he was. But he took our design and forwarded it to his bosses in Japan and a day after our prototype was released to the public, the Japanese pricks came out with the same design but with a refinement. They made a couple of trillion bucks off of it and we made zip."

"What's a sub-Q...?" Celeste said as she lightly fondled Regina's right breast. Regina slapped her hand delicately and continued.

"About twenty years ago, like 2182 or something, the medical industry produced sensors that are microthin sandwiches of polymerized electrodes slash sensor units. With just a little modification we were able to hook them up to the the central nervous system, at a place where the nerves branch off, through the axilla, under the arm for you, kid. It was a minor operation, took about ten minutes in a doctor's office. It enabled you, if you were using the device in VR, to link to the machine on a more visceral level, actually linking your nervous system with the