"Why is it purple?" she asked."That's my girlfriend's favourite colour." You have a girlfriend? Since when?" A few weeks now, we're not exclusive thou...h." That's good" she nodded in approval "I have about four guys in my current rotation." She then took out her phone and began scrolling through social media."Just do what you need to do" she didn't bother to look at me "and finish quickly if you can."I didn't say anything after that, I don't think she wanted me to. Instead I moved around behind. " Her mind shuddered slightly in recollection of the scans of the fateful initial landing that she'd viewed long ago. "They'll probably recognize the positioning with their collective memory, even though this whopping thing is so much bigger than they've ever seen."And so they came to rest once again on what was still the only planet other than Earth that had ever been found to have spawned a full range of life.The village, too, was still there, and clearly still occupied. As they'd come down. Ma said, "Our customs of hospitality are a bit different from what you are accustomed to back east. If you intend to be here for any length of time it might behoove you to learn our somewhat different ways." The woman, looking a bit chastened, nodded in silence."Hey!" I yelled at the boy, "Get away from that gun." He had wandered over and taken a double-barreled twelve gauge shotgun off the wall pegs. I grabbed it by the middle of the barrel and deflected it to the side just as it went off and. ." said Alan as he started to get up."No wait," implored Janine, "He would have seen someone in here with me through the window. He and I don't need any more problems, Alan. Please, just pretend to be my cousin or something. There's no way he could ever tell. Please..."Alan looked at his friend, "Okay, I guess a lot of your problems are because of me anyway. Just make it short."Janine answered the door, "Hello, Kevin. Would you like to come in?"He was carrying a single rose and a letter, "Hi.