“We retrieved this one from a system near Terra. The planet no longer bore any life,” Talari whispered, his eerie voice making the images seem eve... more unsettling.“Are they all like this?” John asked, his own voice as subdued as the Ashanath’s.“No, not all,” Talari replied, offering faint hope.“See, it’s not all bad John,” Dana piped up optimistically.“Most of them follow a similar theme of destruction, however,” Talari whispered depressingly.“Ok, could you show us something a little more. ”Lauren grinned broadly at him. “I think I know what you think I should leave behind!” Peter simply gave her an innocent look, at which she laughed and went into the bathroom.It only took a minute for Peter to pull his slacks and shirt back on, by which time he could hear the shower running. Curious, he looked into the top of Lauren’s overnight bag, spreading it open and nudging a few things around with a finger. It looked as if Lauren really did understand what he liked to see; she had a. He had wound his effective age back to twenty five, but left his face looking about forty with a few lines and some touches of grey hair in his beard and at his temples. He wanted to appear senior, a bit of psychology that might help him. The medical enhancements had increased his sexual capacity so he was now entertaining two of his harem most nights, with some nooners as well. Both Safiya and Julie were pregnant.He had increased Shahana's height to just over six feet and generally tightened. . He also got a new pair of corduroy slacks from his mother plus a Parker fountain pen and a book about the Ford’s Model A from his father.The next Saturday Bucky, Alan and Rigby went to the movies after a visit to the drugstore to buy some candy. On their way out, Rigby stopped, dug in his pocket and put a dime up on the glass counter. “I owe you,” the said to the puzzled clerk.The boys saw a Tom and Jerry cartoon, a newsreel of the celebrations in Rome and the Marine’s invasion of Tarawa, a.