But another part of me thought of thetimes we had spent together and the memories we had made together,almost all of which were good and happy, and qu...ckly realised thatwhatever had happened , was happening, or would happen in the future,the sixteen years was NOT wasted. To think otherwise would be souldestroying.Trying to absorb all the that had happened in the last few minutes, insuch a short time, had made my head spin. I was trying to make sense ofwhat Josh was telling me, to take it in, to. Porter took the step forward as he had been instructed and bowed low, waiting to be acknowledged by the king. He stared at the ground much longer than he expected until he heard someone clear his throat in front of him.“Ah, you are the spaceman,” the king finally spoke.Porter straightened up and looked at the man. “Yes, I am, your majesty. I am Porter,” he responded according to the memorized script.“Do you have a leash for that beast?” the king asked.Porter panicked momentarily as the king. ”“I’ll be OK. I had been warned that Sue may leave me. I thought it wouldn’t happen this soon though. I’ll be home next Monday. Let’s get together on Friday night. What say you find yourself a babysitter and I’ll take you and Gloria out for a meal? We can talk over a coffee at my place once we have eaten.”“OK, Gloria and I will come to your place around six PM on Friday and we can go from there.”“OK mate. See you then. If there are any issues, call me straight away.”I shut off the phone and. Catreus was checking all the remains.“Looks like they had little chance or any chance to put up any resistance. Whatever it was ... it made sure no child was alive to tell the tale. Some of the spines are split down the mid...”“Please, brother ... I can’t keep listening to this. It is too horrible. Too ... horrible.”Ariadne’s eyes were filled with tears. She went and picked up a skull of once was a child. She took careful note of the entire scene. It was still daylight as they noted the whole.