Peegi creates AI model personifications of "Reality" and "Physics," two gals who at first encourage Gina, who is surprised at their appearance but delighted at their support. But when Gina starts to "feel herself," they turn into sniggering, trolling hecklers who don't cut her an inch of slack! Gina quickly decides she's better off deleting these two "helpful" A.I. personas, but she can't find their exact location in her core computer's memory!

Brianna takes Zan to visit her folks, Theo and Julia, who are attending a great ceremonial banquet in Jade-Realm. Naturally, she's nervous about breaking the "expecting a baby" news to Mom, who's not convinced Zan's father material. Since the banquet's in Barbarian territory and Julia's a clan elder, she demands Zan face the ancient "Groom Trial" ritual for Brianna's hand!

The stereotype of the "gold digger" has had a fascinating trajectory in twentieth-century America, from tales of greedy flapper-era chorus girls to tabloid coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and her octogenarian tycoon husband. The term entered American vernacular in the 1910s as women began to assert greater power over courtship, marriage, and finances, threatening men's control of legal and economic structures. Over the course of the century, the gold digger stereotype reappeared as women pressed for further control over love, sex, and money while laws failed to keep pace with such realignments. The gold digger can be seen in silent films, vaudeville jokes, hip hop lyrics, and reality television. Whether feared, admired, or desired, the figure of the gold digger appears almost everywhere gender, sexuality, class, and race collide. This fascinating interdisciplinary work reveals the assumptions and disputes around women's sexual agency in American life, shedding new light on the cultural and legal forces underpinning romantic, sexual, and marital relationships.