“But they could be intending to kill us,” Constance said with a quaver in her voice.“That I find unlikely. From what we can see the aliens are r...ther timid. I expect they have actually programmed their computers with something similar to the Three Laws of Robotics that Asimov once proposed,” I said.“Who? What?” Aine asked.The room now seemed to be moving downward. I felt like I was in a fast descending elevator. Angelique gave a quiet cry of fright and wrapped her arms around my neck as I. Heaps. Mark was with me until about 10 when he told everyone he was feeling crook but was actually going to see Kathy. Julian and his wife Maree were there so he was out of action. There were other staff members and even some ex students there so I managed to behave myself for a while. At about eleven all the students except for one little girl called Amy had left for another party and most of the older teachers had left as well. Pete called me into the house and Julian was in the lounge room. . I guess she doesn't know what to say anymore. We aren't very close anymore dad. I found out about what she did to you and I guess I lost respect for her. That's a terrible thing to say about my own mother, but I can't help the feeling." I'm sorry to hear that, son," his father said quietly. "She had a hard time trying to talk to me at your wedding. In fact, we never did talk. I think she might have been embarrassed or maybe even a bit afraid I might say something." Roger paused a moment. You don't let it bother you though. You pride yourself on not being the friend with the likelihood of a fungus growing out of your vagina. And at least they are still paying attention to you, so they can't be all that bad.You shouldn't have worried this time, though. It seemed that the moment you entered the house, they vanished almost instantly. You actually find yourself disoriented from the sudden lack of friends. Sighing, you find yourself questioning your friendship with these people.