The brown eyes locked upon hers and the girl spoke uncertainly. "Not... unless you wish it." The girl sat up suddenly. "What time is it?! How long..."...Her words tapered off as she looked around. They were in a room, and she was on a raised bed. Moonlight streamed from the window, and a warm glow issued from a candle."I am Juria," her pseudo-captor introduced herself in a gentle voice. "This is our home. If you do not know the Greeting, I shall teach you." Greeting?" asked the brunette girl,. The military kept to themselves providing protection for the settlement and support for expeditions into the surrounding forests. A number of sites had been reported from space as likely cities, long deserted, and now overgrown. The hope was that one of these cities could be made habital again thereby speeding up the colony process and possibly some advanced technology could be found that may be used to make contact with Earth.It was during the celebration for the fifth year of the colony at. He contacted his ship through the SNARK assigned to him."CC? I have a problem," Eric signaled."Affirmative. I have received signal activation of Psionic Defense. I am activating on board defenses. Activation complete. Query. What caused you to activate PD?" asked CCS-14."I have been having a series of dreams since I first woke in orbit. Every dream seems to be me, reliving a part or portion of my life. But when something technical in the dream occurs; the dream changes to a child's viewpoint,. "It's okay; take your time," she replied. She wore hip hugging, blue shorts and a white crop-top, which showed her bare tummy nicely.I went back inside, put on my sneakers, and stuffed everything into the gym bag. She was punching the heavy bag when I came out. I waved goodbye and moved towards the steps."Can I ask you a question, David?" Helen asked from behind me. I turned around and leaned against the railing. She moved until she was standing four feet from me; it was the closest she had.