" which she did. Later in the early afternoon after she woke up, she found her mom in the den and said, "Mom, can we talk? I've been thinking abou..., you know, the thing in the swamp I've got to do. I'm starting to bloat again and want to know more about what to expect." she said. "You ready for this to end?" her mom answered. "Well, uh, yes and no. The yes part is that I'm nervous about what I've got to do which I'm hoping you can tell me more about but the no part is that I've really. Coffee was the sought after elixir as the disheveled looking couples were showing the wear and tear of non-stop fucking throughout the weekend. Over their mugs of java, Mr. Arnold and Evelyn scanned the room. Mr. Arnold had just spent a rollicking night with Evelyn. He was very impressed with all of the daughters’ acquired proficiency in human gratification. Other senior students before Evelyn had given him delicious samples from the TWA Poise buffet. Oh…but Evelyn had been a special delicacy.. I opened my mind as I had done a few times before.“No, it’s up there, sleeping. It could have escaped before the winter came, but I’m sure it knew Winter would come. When I saw it for the second time, it had gotten much fatter.”“Can you... - you know. Can you sense it?”I nodded to him.“In a way, I can. It is so powerful that it probably just cannot turn itself totally off, not even while hibernating.”Now it was Elof’s turn to nod.“That was what Ivar said, too. He said that it was so powerful. “Yes," SAL replied. “SAL, don’t you think you’re spending way too much time analyzing our sexual habits?" Bethany pressed. “This ship and my mainframe were constructed at great expense simply to satisfy your curiosity about other worlds, light-years distant from your own. Is my curiosity concerning the workings of the human mind any less rational?" SAL challenged. “Well, since most of the ship is gone now, I’d say you’ve rendered our ability to explore the galaxy as next-to-nil," Bethany.