I put on my suit and went out to look for the girls. I expected to find them soaking up sunlight. Instead I found them at the far end of the pool tryi...g to extract each others tonsils. Shannon had Allison backed against the end of the pool supporting her against the side. There was something wrong with the whole thing but I couldn't place it. You know, it's that feeling you get that something is missing from a room, but you can't quite put your finger on it.Allison's eyes were closed and she. Apparently the ... shells, I'll call them ... they remain biologically active, they're living tissue. I asked their queen, the dissolution is natural and occurs only when the fledgling is physiologically ready for birth. Then the dissolved shell serves as the newborn's first food."For their part the aliens were absorbing all information presented to them voraciously. Their human "professors" found themselves having to develop structured curricula to keep their teaching rationally linear.. ’ ‘If I can’t take care of my own mother,’ Mike protested. ‘Then what kind of man will I be? I had to do what I did.’ Mike shook his head. ‘What would you have done when he fired you?’ ‘I guess I would have looked for another job, Mike.’ ‘You wouldn’t have fought back?’ ‘What good would it have done?’ she asked, helplessly. ‘I suppose there are some differences between men and women.’ Mike said. ‘I wouldn’t have given up with a struggle…’ ‘And some punishment,’ he thought, silently. ‘I suppose. Then suddenly, sounds of shuffling from underneath prompted seconds later a slight squeak. Signaling in turn loose boards being moved aside heralding then the appearance of Hero's head, from under the edge of the porch."My god!" He stammered, catching sight of Tenchi. "That woman is insane!" As Hero was scrambling clear, Tenchi was struck with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Remembering another wild eyed young man, running for his very life. Desperately wondering if his next moment would be.