Chapter Nine
“Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.”
- James Thurber
Archer
It was a strange and erotic thing to make love when so small, and he was glad he’d done that with Sabrina, but he longed to be normal again, and it was with relief that he returned to the biotechnology tanks. He feared a doublecross from the Countess, but she had business interests that would be disturbed by a criminal conviction, and besides, her idea of revenge was s*x, not death.
Then he was large again, and finally after much wandering he returned to his home.
Archer’s apartment felt empty, echoing. His valet put him to bed, and a sleeping pill put him into a deep, dreamless sleep. In the morning, he woke, aimless and depressed. He dressed in the clothes his valet left out for him, but just as o
