Kimberly touched the taller girl’s cheek. “We gave them virtual immortality, and they made you and me the wealthiest women in Human history. I couldn’t have imagined this back in that Los Angeles apartment complex.”
“Now look at us,” Daphne said, taking Kimberly’s face in her hands, “we are part of something so much bigger than Ogden,” she kissed her full on the lips, “that I can’t even begin to describe it. On a starship sixteen lightyears from Earth investigating a Dyson Sphere that may be older than our entire civilization…everything we’ve done pales in comparison.”
“What pales?” Dale asked, approaching them with arms outstretched, blue eyes twinkling, round face full of smiles. He no longer wore his round glasses. They became unnecessary following his rejuvenation—only one in his cas
