As Mankind started to slaughter us from on high, The Ten Thousand were gathered. It had been millenia since we had fought a war, but I was brought int... the Ten Thousand as a warrior, skilled in combat from years of training. But not before I saw my wife and son slaughtered in a strafing run by one of the small stone ships the invaders flew. Jarielle, my wife, had my son Brenael by the hand and was reaching for me as we ran towards each other. But when the ship attacked, they died in fire and. Let him go!”One looks at Gordie and sneers, “Bug out or you’re next.” Gordie hasn’t yet learnt to tell them apart so he has no idea which spoke to him. However, it doesn’t matter because they’re in this together.On hearing Gordie’s raised voice the teacher, one of the regular school staff, looks up to see him hurrying into the small area in the building angle behind the steps. Wondering what’s going on there she heads that way.On reaching the boys Gordie grabs one of them by his free arm and. "Carol said, "Jean, we four have been putting our heads together, and we think we have a handle on it -- at least to start with. Can we have all the big, portable chalk boards and/or whiteboards, please?" You may," answered Jean. "I'll have them brought down to you right away. Do you think you need anything else?" Not just yet," said Susan."Then you may be excused, or you may stay and kibitz with the gym rats," smiled Jean."I think we'll try to get a head start," said Janice. "We'll see you at. "I was a real daddy's girl when I was little. He passed away when I was twelve - so I've had a thing for older men ever since," she said, a faint look of a long ago sadness registering in her brown eyes.The Impossible Dream begins.Walking over to where she was standing leaning back against the kitchen counter, I held out my arms in an unspoken invitation.Smiling up at me through those beautiful intimate brown eyes, Jennie accepted."Let the interview, begin!"Smiling at my feeble attempt at humor.