I hadn't always been the reserved Christian that I was now. There had been a time when quite a few women had walked in and out of my life, but no more. They had all been of the taller variety, as well as being more ethnically similar to me.
I held nothing against her for being white, but I just preferred not to even go there given the nature of my upbringing. So the prim and quite pretty librarian, who gazed up at me with eyes full of shy lust, unknowingly no doubt, would just have to keep fishing.
"Can I help you?" She asked softly her eyes still sort of glazed over in appearance.
Oh boy, I thought to myself, as I mentally prepared myself to handle the infatuation I saw already forming in her eyes for me.
"Yes, I was wondering if you could help me understand this book?"
She glanced down at the book on the counter, 'Applied Robotics and the Mathematical Theorems that Govern the Science behind the Machine'.
She gave a slight start, but she recovered quickly. She wouldn't look up at me though.
"I'm afraid I can't help you with that sir. It's far above my level of understanding." She said softly.
I debated for a moment on whether or not to play around the bush, but I decided that it would be best to just be blunt with her. I surprised her by tipping her chin up with a finger.
Her skin was cool to the touch. She was one of those women that needed the input of an external heat source in order to maintain normal body temperature. I truly hoped that she found a mate that would help her with her heating problem, but it wasn't going to meet me.
"Alright I'm going to be blunt with you Jane," and then with emphasis I added, "Worthy." Her eyes flared dramatically at the mention of her assumed online last name. She really was too easy.
"There is a very large bounty on your head and it isn't dead or alive, it's just dead. Now I am not interested in said bounty, but rather what you can help me with. I work for an Agency responsible for doing a lot of good things; however a threat has risen in the form of technology that has the ability to manipulate its victim's minds that threatens said good work from being ever continued past the immediate future. So I was wondering as a former Code researcher and scientist working on this very thing if you would like to spill the beans about all you know and do humanity a favor?"