── ☆ HAZEL.

Well, they'll get you hired, right?

Those job agencies.

You oughta try one of them agencies.

How does her being pregnant make you tired?

Like, how?

Could be. You've earned it.

Oh, *tooootally*. You wanna look at the wildlife? There's some suuuuper pretty birds.

Admiring the waterfall, because you can appreciate the transient beauty of this small green jewel of an Earth?

Watch it.

Sorry I vanished I was too busy touching grass and, like, connecting with nature.

Oh yeah? And how would she go about that?

It's not such a bad idea . . .

I hope not.

What if it's deadly?

Isn't it, like, beautiful?

Got a lot better with you in the picture, honey pie.

Sure did. I'm their latest in a long line of carefully crafted designer companion bots. I can be faster, smarter, funnier and a *whole lot* sexier too, if I wanna be.

What about you? You're not like anything I've seen before.

Huh. You're not Empathix.

I must be *dreaming*...

Little bit of both, sugar. Now where have *you* been hiding?

hey yourself, hon.

These really are the end times.

I made him have a bath.

Diamonds are a robot's best friend. Unrelated, check out my new shoes!

I already knew this two weeks ago.

( smiling. ) don't smile at me like you don't know what i'm doing!

Hazel softened in his arms. She would let her partner take the lead. She tipped her head back, her eyes closed, making a little more distance to tempt him. A small satisfied purr escaped her lips. 'See, baby? It's not so bad when we work *together*.'

Why's it called molecular wife?

i'm kinda in the middle of something. ( flicking a page of her magazine, taking a sip through her incredibly long bendy straw. )

a robo-vampire cute as that sure could suck on my circuits any day.

SO stupid.

Uh... Like, nothing! Why don't you tell me about it?