And flattered. I thought, What, me, some fifteen years older than her and she wants to have an affair. With me? And who was the mutual friend who thou...ht that I might be up for such a thing, anyway? I have to say that for the rest of the morning I was somewhat distracted. I had to go out at lunchtime for some personal business in the local town, so on my way back to work I took a short detour that would pass her house. I knew where she lived because of her distinctive coloured car in the. Bresser said, "I'm proud of her, but I sure hate to lose what she's brought here. If only we'd've known two years ago..."Jim said, "She was just trying not to be a problem, didn't want anything that would drag her mom into the school. Wasted her daughter's time, really." Well, she's on her way now," I said. I'm gonna have to run to keep up."Bresser smiled. "You know what the great thing is, Dan? She is so level-headed. We had that gifted kid here about three years ago and he was a terror." He. She then walked over to dig and look at the potatoes that grew near the tomato plant.“Christina Yuki is our best at these plants,” Fumi noted. “She always had a level head when it came to plants. The wives and husbands of the human mortals are responsible for getting the freshly grown food here to bring back and cook for their mates. Essentially we have our own farmer’s market where the food is free. Well-fed mates equal plentiful pups,” she said jokingly.“Hmmm...” The elephant goddess nodded.. "The laughter continued and I noticed a musical lilt from someone laughing. It wasn't anyone in the command post and I signaled for quiet. Immediately we could tell that it came from one of the ships. I was about to ask when the laughing stopped. "Oops, I've been caught," a female voice said.Jillian smiled. "You must be on the Stagecoach, but the voice I kept hearing sounded male."The voice spoke again. "Oh, you were talking to the AI. It runs just about everything. I just ride along,.