It didn't sound that good but I let him try to make the device. I'd be a poor leader if he didn't get a chance. Then again, some of the youngsters had...come up with good ideas that adults had discounted.Sirois came up with fast missiles that might flood the defences. Since we had a lot of them I let him plan this. The Selna and the Ronnas had some very nice missiles and it would be nice to get rid of some since we had plundered Admiral Slavas's ship. Sirois could also look to find what was. " God be with you nevertheless," the old physicist pats him on the shoulder. Then he says: "Right, lets fire this baby up! Assume the position, Joe!"A quick goodbye to the lab assistants - Julie and Colin - and Joe steps into the chamber of the Hytron-Quantuum-Contrabulator - the time machine."Back soon!" he says to them all as the door closes on him for the last time, his voice cheerful and confident. But his confidence isn't entirely genuine. His stomach is full of serious butterflies as the. “Mom, we’re going to practice...” a smiling Julie said. “Wow ... now I understand the change of plans. You obviously want to be alone with dad for a while.” The door closed. “We’ll make sure we don’t arrive home early mom!” Julie shouted, and Julie and Trixy were off.“You see,” Ninon said into Donna’s ear, “Everybody understands.”“No, they don’t,” Donna thought. “We wanted a family reunion, not the focus on sex.” But she sat still, powerless, and let Ninon get her ready.As they got into the car. As nearly as the Grok physicians could determine, Vishi would be delivering any time now. However, events would occur which would delay the wedding.The Czar, perhaps feeling his life's mission at an end, with an heir on the way, his son's succession to the throne now unchallenged and Raynoor's upcoming marriage, as unorthodox, yet advantageous, as it might be, died peacefully in his sleep, perhaps his only regret that he would not have the chance to sire additional children for his son.The.