Tuesday, 19 November, 2338; John's Workshop, Capitol Hill, Seattle
<<Well, you're on the right track, but not quite so melodramatic. Listen, I already hit the UW database, pulled all the images of acceptably cute, slender women in your neighborhood, then crossed them with files of three Korean media companies currently making forays into the Seattle market. Your friend Cheryl, under the incredibly original moniker of Jade Whisper, has signed with Red Ribbon Productions, headed by Peter Jun Je Wan. But according to their talent resource development records, she's still in the grooming phase. They haven't yet told her she's being hired for porn. And if they're bothering with a grooming process, Revster my paramour in waiting, then the bad news is that its some nasty stuff, because girls like Cheryl are lining up to get into the vanilla stuff." The way she spoke to him reminded John that, although she flirted shamelessly with him, she still correctly saw him as somewhat young and naive. "The good news, of course, is that they also wouldn't bother with the grooming if they were planning on using force...maybe."