If you want this to be kept quiet that's noproblem if you want to be more out about it, that's fine too. I have to saythough, that it makes sense to m... now, after all you do look kind ofeffeminate most of the time."With that last sentence I noticed a couple of nods of agreement. I thoughtmaybe I'm a little more androgynous than I believed I was?Jody reached across the table and patted my hand saying, "Stacey, its kindaweird but it's cool it's your life and well you're a good person so. So, after calling ‘time’ for the last time, she poured a pint and walked round the bar and over to the machine, going round the long way so the remaining drinkers wouldn’t notice. She placed the glass on the shelf next to the machine.“It’s on me,” she said and looked at him.“Thanks,” said Stan, as he picked it up and went back to looking at the machine.Sharon walked back round to the other drinkers and started collecting empty glasses and ushering people out. Eventually, at about 23:10, after. I was here. 1200 years from now I was here. I began recognizing landmarks. Permanent structures in landscape appeared like they had the last time I was here. They were a bit sharper in relief because they were newer, or should I say less old. I had spent time here waiting on Saladin and Richard...A twinge of grief overcame me momentarily. I remembered the news that was brought to me earlier this week of the death of Richard. Earlier this week, yet centuries away. How did I get here? Why am I. "Need long, OK?" he said."Take as much time as you need," she told him."Yesterday bad," the alien began. "We think good plan, think plan work. Then we hear Eeghanka talk mothers. Not understand all, but make us afraid; we think you not know of mothers. We make new plan quick, too late. Remember loud noise in head, remember nothing long time, then all gone, only you, Eeghanka, and Eeghanka quick tell kill mothers." He paused; clearly the effort to twist his mouth around Standard vocabulary was.