I could see her smiling as she pulled back the coverings from several paintings. Presently, she returned to me, held out her hand, and we shook. We ar...anged our first sitting for the following Friday afternoon, when the light would be perfect. The next week she arrived promptly. I pointed her to the screen, behind which she could undress, to prepare for the sitting. She just walked over to the couch I had in a darkened corner, disrobed, and placed her belongings on a cushion. She turned around. "Calista, what the heck are you doing over there?" asked Rhiannon. "I was just curious what this device was, sir. It appears to be some sort of monitoring system." "Well turn the blasted thing off, and get over here. We're here to recover our technology, not go to the movies." As Calista was reaching for the power button, Vantha recognized what was on the screen. "Wait a minute! That's a picture of a workout room we saw a little while ago, remember? This thing is probably set up to. Those were used to concentrate the training, and most worked out to be the kind of show we wanted.This meant that I could retire from being the principal hunter and only show up in a kind of cameo supporting role just to keep in the public eye. AC said that this was all I needed, and I trusted his judgment. At this point, I was ready to go with two other shows that I thought held a lot of promise. One was the time travel series where we traced the evolution of the local Aliens from their most. What’s happening Friday night?’ ‘We are having a birthday party for the whole family! One of the family that lives out of town a short ways has built a new barn and before the animals break it in they invited us all out for a birthday party. There will be lots of food and dancing!’ Petra bounced up and down as she got excited telling Buck about the party. ‘But whose birthday is it?’ Buck asked. ‘Nobody knows! The Brown’s decided that a birthday party would be fun and that somewhere in the world.