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whilst you have food
dangling from your mouth.” He squeezed her tight and popped a kiss
on her nose. “Be good. We’ll message you later if we’re going to be
late.”
    Rikard stood on the other side of her and rubbed her back.
“Thank science we don’t have a RecRom.”
    Kali shuddered. The idea that she would spend time in a RecRom
with Max or any man was downright insulting. She’d gotten her rec
license when she turned sixteen like everyone else, but she’d held
onto her virginity for months until an unwise tryst with Max. The
sexual log of her profile was clean apart from that
encounter.
    Rikard pressed a kiss to her forehead. “We love you,” he
murmured.
    She pressed her cheek into his chest and hugged his middle.
“Love you guys too.”
    They left through the front door in a bustle, and a low murmur
of conversation.
    She didn’t know how she would ever survive without them, and
thanked her stars she wouldn’t have to for years to come. Recent
medical advancements extended Human life significantly if you had
enough credit to afford the treatments. Kali looked forward to
keeping her parents around in prime health until they pushed a
century and a half at least.
    Itching her collarbone she frowned when plastic crackled.
Cursing, she plucked the security pass off the collar of her pyjama
top.
    Dashing to the front door, Howl dogging her heels, she reached
for the handle and stopped. Annoyed she yanked the door open. “Oi.”
She closed the door. When she opened it again, Rikard waited, one
foot in their trusty FloVe, a four-seater hovercraft that was
already floating off the ground. “Here.” She jiggled the security
pass between her slender fingers, making the video image of him on
the thin surface ripple monochromatic before she chucked it to him.
Kali closed the door and opened it again, feeling the tension
release. She’d have to close it another two times now she’d opened
it after the third close, but at least she had gotten Rikard his
security pass in time.
    Rikard caught the pass and lifted it high in victory.
Grinning, making a ‘what would I do without you’ gesture, he blew
her a smacking kiss.
    Creighton waved through the windscreen then stilled. He
cringed and retracted the hand.
    Too late, her arm already returned the wave, but she didn’t
mind. Her parents drove away, and she waved until they turned the
corner. Kali kept on waving, counting to thirty.
    Across the neat HiEco suburban street, a tall, well-built
blonde-haired male waved at her from his front door.
    A tiger – Bengal breed with white fur and bold black stripes –
stood at his side. Howl barked a cheerful greeting to the fellow
FetchMe. The Bengal turned its head with bitchy regale.
    Kali laughed as Max bounced on the spot trying to keep warm in
the chill morning air. “I’m not waving at you,” she called, her
hand still flying from side to side. “And you still haven’t
programmed Baby to accept Howl.”
    “ Sure you are,” he shouted, still waving with both arms. Kali
laughed as he panted. She stopped waving when her mental count was
done. Max stopped waving too, grinning fondly. “And don’t worry
about Baby, she’s been in a foul mood all week because I did tell
her to accept him. She didn’t roar, or attack him like usual, did
she? Let me wash and throw clothes on.”
    “ Hurry and I’ll save you a dumpling for breakfast. The door’s
unlocked.” She rubbed Howl’s crown. “Leave Baby behind if she’s
acting funny. The last time she scratched Howl I had to send him
for healing. If she hurts my FetchMe again, she’ll have me to deal
with.”
    Kali closed the door, opened, and closed it her additional two
times.
    She went back into the kitchen to finish breakfast after
pouring a bowl of electric pink LiquiNu for Howl to lap at to
bolster his nutrient levels. The thick liquid was packed with
antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, as well as other stuff the
body needed. It was possible to survive solely