Of course not. Is that how you think of me?’ ‘Lighten up, Kate! No I don’t! Just thought I would wind you up a little, that’s all!’ He sippe... his wine and looked at me over the rim of the glass. ‘Whatever you’ve heard is bound to be wrong anyway. Ever thought that?’ I shook my head. ‘No, but I would like to get to know you better.’ Daniel smiled and over the next hour we chatted about his wife, his move over from the States and also his lack of children. ‘I thought you had two little girls!’. “That actually would be a good way for humans to say yes. Gestures with a meaning are so hard to understand, more so than language I find. The first time a Terran smiled at me and I thought he was angry at me and wanted to eat me.”“Eat you?” I asked with a surprised tone in my voice.“The display of teeth is a sign of extreme hostility where I come from and usually means I am so angry at you I will eat you.”“Does that happen? I mean do folks eat each other where you come from?”“Not anymore but. I was sooo prepared for the job market. Yeah right, which is whyI ended up typing for a newspaper in the copy department, well at least itpaid the bills. I proved that I could do a good job and more importantly Icould keep my mouth shut. Which is why in only 3 years I had moved up thecorporate ladder till I was the asst CEO'S personal secretary.I met John at a corporate mixer party, I knew I wasn't there because of howsmart I was, I was just somebodies date. I got dumped shortly aftergetting. Jack and Glorious shut down the public address system after his talk. Jack turned to Emily and Susan who were in his briefing room with him and said, “Well, I hope that went well. From the video feeds we had while I was talking it seems as if the crew is not too worried about our situation. I must admit I am in a quandary though. I would like to find a place here on Earth to build a base and try to improve life for our fellow man. Of course I would also like to make some voyages to other solar.