She thought back to the time when she had first looked at the stars over Ku’s shoulder. It was the dark of the moon ceremony when the unattached peo...le flock to the beach in search of their best partner. In their culture one tried many to find the best. Ever since she’d reached her maturity, she indulged in the monthly ritual and had tried all of the available young men multiple times. None of them felt like quite the right match, but when this man from another village had been there, even. I ran to the door, opened it and there he was, "Oh hi Jen,IM here to get your brother", "oh ok come in and wait ill get him", I was shaking, he stared right at my chest he finally noticed me, and off they went to the practice. The time had never gone so slow,finally I head them come in , OK Billy see you next thursday, I ran to the door with my Jacket "oh Jim could you please drive me to the store its freezing out", "sure Jen I have time" "thank you" so much I jumped in his truck and off we. Mercy wishes she could understand the little creatures.“Um,” she calls out meekly. “Uh, hello?”The buzz of the strange alien creature’s words stop and both turn to look at the young woman. They pick up buzzing with excitement at the sight of her. Then they are launching themselves from the log to circle her head.“Please,” the woman groans. “I can’t understand a damn thing you’re saying.”She knows they understand her even if the words between them don’t swing both ways. She watches the little. He begins to tell me that he met mother in high school. They fell in love but neither wanted to admit it. They remained friends for several year, in the time she fell in love with someone else, got married, had a daughter. He wasn’t so lucky. When he turned 23, something odd happened. He was taking a class on Norse mythology for history credits in college. His professor had all kinds of knick knacks that were supposedly artifacts from that time. While observing them one in a glass case called.