Could it be possible that the first person he opened up to - that the first person he could open up to - would be a woman who looked just like her?I w...uld have given everything for ten more minutes.He didn’t say this. He didn’t need to. I’d felt it myself exactly one time in my life - not after the death of a family member, but when the man I had come to love more than any other in the world left me.He had said it with tears in his eyes, and I received the news with a voice that refused to. Still, for all my careful watching, he took me by surprise when he suddenly caught my freshly-marked shoulder in a bruising grip. I know how strong his hands can be – I’d just finished feeling them around my neck, after all – but it startled me anyway, the direct pressure to still-healing wounds wringing an involuntary sound of pain from me. He smiled a little, but didn’t back off, squeezing the tender flesh even harder instead. I tried to control myself, tried to breathe through it, but he. "We initiate a micro-singularity and destroy this entire city," the male Ghaleran 'whispered' telepathically. "And before you say anything, I know it will kill millions, including a great many civilians. But do you see the Interstellar Defense League continuing its assault with their capitol in ruins, their leadership slaughtered? They were willing to kill off the entire population of the Earth if you remem-" Did you hear me arguing?" the female Ghaleran responded. "I know it has to be done,. For the first time since arriving at Megan's house, I felt a twinge of regret. Naomi and I hadn't officially decided to have a relationship or even to start dating yet but there was an unspoken thing between us that the possibility was there. It had been sealed with a single kiss the day I left. I hadn't cheated on her but I felt for the first time that it was a close thing.I spent a good hour talking to Naomi later that morning and Dad and Megan were wonderful in letting me have that time.