Ana stopped when she saw the visitor.
``I'm just here to process a package,'' Max said tentatively.
``It's Sir Vay tampering,'' Elly quickly noted, getting to the root of the problem. ``Ana, you have to break it off with him.''
Ana nodded marginally. ``I had planned on doing that in any event.''
Max stared. ``What? You mean your relationship's been regressing?''
``No, it's come to a standstill,'' Ana corrected. ``I mean, he's not only a blockhead, he's too dull.''
``You specified that same indicator for the others,'' Elly reminded.
``Well, it was true then, too,'' Ana retorted. ``Plus that Stu Dee was a likely hood and Sam Pull spaced out continuously -- all he talked about was Data, Picard and his graduate hypo thesis.''
Max laughed. ``Well, if you want a life of interest maybe you should find a PI.''
``You know a Private Investigator?''
``Well... me,'' Max admitted. ``There's often some excitement like my last box plot at a bar... ''
``That sounds interesting,'' Ana reflected. ``You must know lots of angles!'' She paused, then asked, ``And you don't have a bias against models, do you?''
``Of course not; that's not right. Actually, I'd be obtuse not to say you're a cute one,'' Max said reflexively.
Ana raised an eyebrow. ``Do tell,'' she encouraged. With a wink at Elly she guided Max out of the room. Dr. Waterson arrived in time to see the couple depart.
``Doctor!'' Elly recognized. ``What causes this visit?''
``I'm just checking... are you the one who weighed items in pounds then changed this to grams?''
Elly looked abashed. ``That -- and the other things, no doubt -- were me, working independently. But it won't happen again.''
``Oh?'' Dr. Waterson appeared skeptical. ``Why?''
``It's elementary, my dear Waterson,'' Elly responded. ``My expectation is that my sister's relationships have stabilized, so I have nothing further to distract me!''
And Electra Lysis was correct: she became a practical, dependable worker while Max Value and Ana Lysis were a classic couple. A further Sir Vay sabotage setup earned him trials and a fine. And Dr. Waterson returned to work at l'Hôpital Central, limiting the remaining small problems until another large one revealed itself. So the moral of the story is: Don't let a model relationship get STATic.
Greg ``hologrami'' Taylor
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