Chapter Seven
For the next two days Heather was taken to the cubical and instructed to watch her future husband so that she wouldn’t experience a profound shock upon seeing him in person for the first time on their wedding day. At first, even though she’d been seeing photographs and videos of him every day and night, she was horrified. She turned toward the Doctor, “It’s...it’s not human,” she said.
Doctor Bruno gently placed his hands on her shoulders and looked steadily into her eyes, “My dear, Heather,” he began, “Namba, is human, truly he is. Look at the wonderful paintings he’s done. He stands upright. He eats at a table. He uses tableware. He showers, brushes his teeth. He’s very affectionate. He understands English and even some Spanish.”
“But Uncle,” the tears began to form in
