Big Moshe likes to touch and quick Lisco likes to be forward and invalid Miah really wants to be the filling in the middle even while making excuses. What to do; what to do? You had me chuckling with the back and forth banter and the nurse's shenanigans--and again a few times throughout--but the beginning also helped to define their personalities well. I did not go back and re-read the first story and I felt that this let me settle into the tale nicely. The electronic gadgetry was neat and did not overtax the imagination - basically, an extension of what we have now. There is a lot going on this getting to know each other chapter of their lives. We learn bits and pieces about all of them and it holds a person's interest. Good descriptive elements - I especially like the flower that smells like everyone's favorite scent. I'd like one of those. I'd also like to know just what that scent is? - There are so many.
I get the sense that Moshe and Lisco truly are alien in the way you capture their disconnection from the human condition while at the same time capturing what may be the best part of it. It makes them just odd enough (aside from their true likeness) to be from someplace else. Miah, on the other hand, is very human indeed. I like your story very much Cia. I look forward to its continuation.