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me.”
    I looked around for Snake and spotted him
enjoying the food at the table. As I passed the table, I noticed
that the food did look really good and I grabbed what looked like a
huge leg of lamb. I walked up to Snake and we headed to the door.
Once more I glanced back at Vala, trying to convey my reassurance
to her. I would do what I had to do. I wanted her in my life. I
found her, and I wasn’t going to lose her. I would get her out of
there.
    She may have left to save the human race and
defeat the Sybaris. However, now, in a sense, she was trapped, and
it was up to me to continue and be successful in that task.

TWELVE – NITO
     
    It was decided I
was to be placed in a bunker for reconditioning. Davis told me it
was in order for me to reconnect with my human self. I wondered how
well that would go, and the thought of it made me laugh. However, I
was curious as to what this reconditioning process entailed.
    I was taken into a building, and waited for
what seemed like an eternity in an uncomfortable wooden chair set
in the center of a hollow galley. I did not know what Davis was up
to; perhaps he was watching me from afar. He had that look in his
eye. Eventually he led me down these hallways filled with human
history. Dramatic music flowed through in an attempt to draw
emotions. I conveyed my interest and pretended that I remembered
events that I had no idea about.
    We descended into the basement. As soon as
we entered the dingy place, I was sure I was going to be tortured
as part of my reconditioning process. The more I took in the room,
the more I realized that they had made a vain attempt to make it
pleasant enough. Across the room was a large fluffy chair in front
of a black box. I recognized that large black box, Burt had told me
they had them in Hopeland and used them to watch movies once a
week. I was not familiar with what a movie was, but I pretended
well. If anything I was a wonderful theatrical performer.
    Davis left me alone in that dismal chamber
and then returned shortly.
    “Well,” Davis said, lifting his hands and
dropping them. “You’re stuck with me down here. People think you’re
just too weird to deal with.”
    “I don’t know what that means.” I said.
“What is weird?”
    “Exactly.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “You will. After you finish the process,”
Davis said. “Have a seat in the big chair.”
    “Are you going to torture me?” I asked.
    “It depends what your definition of torture
is. If television reruns are your definition of torture, then yes.”
Again, another term I wasn’t familiar with, and I was certain I
wasn’t going to like it. I didn’t like the idea of being at the
mercy of Davis, despite how attractive a man he was.
    “Explain?” I asked. “Being stuck down here
with you?”
    “Well, the entire process sometimes takes
days, or weeks.” Davis explained. “Depends how fast you return to
normal.”
    “I am normal.”
    “I doubt that. I doubt you were this way
before.”
    “Before what?”
    “Before, well, you know, everything went to
shit.”
    “I will assume I know what you’re talking
about.”
    Davis whistled. “Man, you’re really bad.
Tell you what, it’s afternoon. I bet you’re hungry.”
    “I am famished.”
    “Good.” Davis clapped his hands together
once. “Have a seat, relax, just do nothing, touch nothing, and I’ll
be back.”
    “Where are you going?”
    “I’m going to get us lunch,” Davis said. He
walked to the main door. It was a big rusty, metal thing that took
a lot of strength to open. When he slid it closed after leaving, I
could hear that he secured it.
    “Dastardly.”
    So I was a prisoner. I wonder what vile
things he was going to do to me. I reconciled in my mind all the
horrible things I have done to humans, and a part of me thought
maybe it was my turn to receive. Payback of sorts.
    I wandered around the chambers. It was
simple enough. I didn’t see anything that would harm me. After
several long