"Oh, he's all right.  Sometimes he seems to think he's my permanent nanny or something..."<br/><br/><em>Hoot!</em><br/><br/>"Really!  Anyway, he's rather unusual.  I think he almost enjoys the attention, frankly.  Or he would, if he weren't clockwork.  But I'd wager he fancies he feels...uhm...no, that isn't right.  He<em>acts as through</em>he enjoys the attention, and that's good enough.  It's fairly complicated, otherwise."<br/><br/>She slithers into an upright position, heedless of the brief flash of thigh she gives Sam as she adjusts herself.<br/><br/>"Was there something in particular you wished to ask, Sam Galpin?"