She had only been puttering among the roses a few minutes when she saw him coming down the modest lawn area on his side of the little wall that separa...ed their property."Well, time to take the bull by the pecker, so to speak," she thought to her self as she straightened up and waved to him. "Hello, Mr. Sheer, how are you this beautiful afternoon?" Oh, hi Jen, I didn't see you out here," he lied. From his window he had seen her come into the garden. He had quickly combed his hair, splashed on. I caught him ogling me one day, a while ago, when I was in a fairly wicked mood, and I decided to have some fun. I got up and strolled over to his desk, stood there smiling down at him."Question for you, Gerald," I announced in a voice loud enough for the other guys to hear."Whhat's that, Amber?" he stuttered."Why are you staring at me? Do you fancy me or something?"Silly question really. I was looking particularly sexy and gorgeous that day and I knew every guy there had been staring longingly. You have to believe in yourself the way I believe in you.”“That’s what you two have been doing?” I asked.“Yes ma’am,” said Billy. “All summer!”“Shit you two must have made a lot of...” I gushed.“We have almost enough for Karen’s first year at...” a glance from my daughter and he immediately stopped talking in mid-sentence.Suddenly I was worried. I saw a flash of myself in my daughter. Maybe she wasn’t doing what I’d done, but shit, I clearly didn’t know as much about my daughter as I’d. You've read my translations of their oral histories. They think the control of fire is the greatest promise that will allow them to rise above their current status and they know that Red Rover carries the genes that will transform all future generations, bringing them on par with you and me. You will not pull us out, you will allow us to do this work that we, and only we, are trained to do. Gees, give me a break."With that outburst Darcy and Red Rover walked into the transport chamber saying,.