EARTH—LOS ANGELES“Is our environment secure?” Daphne asked, looking around the great room below the bedroom loft she shared with Kimberly and Dale.
Besides the three occupants of the downtown Los Angeles condo, their uploads were present, along with Brad and Sally and their uploads, eThorpe and eBraxton, Dr. Fredricks, and the newest member of their group. In his mid-thirties, he stood trim and fit at just under 180 centimeters, clean-shaven with medium-length brown hair and brown eyes.
Dr. Fredricks draped his arm around the newcomer’s shoulders and said, “I present to you Johnny Oort, who now calls himself John Ortman.”
Johnny stepped forward with a big smile. “My friends,” he said in a pleasant baritone voice, “you, all of you, made this possible. I’m still getting used to my new bod
