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"Alae clips?" Mericlou said She was so immersed in her work that she did not look up fro

A hand pressed the handle of the clips into her palrown branches of the dwarf plinki shrub beside the rainbow-hued Lemsram lilacs

And then she paused The hand was slender, but not Alaema's Hers were not so heavy More curious than nervous, she slowly glanced over her shoulder

"I ondering when you'd noticebeside her

"Aldrec! When did you get here?" Mericlou asked, pleasantly surprised and grinning broadly

"Just aback towards the entranceway "Glad to see lad to see you But for a ht you were Alaeht; I didn't tell you about her, did I?" Mericlou said

"I think you mentioned her once, back e first ht? The one you talked to on your ether link?"

"She's been working with arden for the past week," Mericlou said, nodding And she's been a big help To be honest, I was a bit skeptical when she asked to help s considered"

"Is there so with her?" Aldrec said, curious over Mericlou's tone of voice

"Oh, no; It's not that," Mericlou said, straining to pull out an unusually tenacious weed from the lilac bed "Remember when I told you that we tend to specialize in our individual talents?"

"Yes What about it?"

"Well it's the same with me as it is with Alaema I'm an Alerian model, and Alaema, well … She's a Setru e of androids was limited, but Setru ally sanctioned "recreational" type android, Setru ence than a ten-year-old huhts laws after the Liberation War No one caredsex toys They were cheap to make, and easily replaceable Of all androids, they were the lowest, and most miserable