If you don't mind could you show him around the branch and introduce him to everyone?" I froze. I could feel my face get more red by the second. My h...art started racing. I was like a statue on fire. It started in my throat and I could feel it all the way down to my sex. The longer I stood there the hotter and wetter it got. "Sara?!" my Manger said as she stood up. "Are you okay?" Jimmy stood up as I snapped back to reality. Okay Sara get ahold of yourself. His name is jimmy. Not Tom. He. We stem the tide as best we can. With blood, bone, and metal we desperately try to hold the line, but we are slowly being pushed back, a cycle that repeats itself with each new galaxy that the Voidlings invade.Each cycle begins with the invasion of a fresh galaxy, and each time and we meet them in the black of space. Solar system by solar system, cradle world by cradle world, we are pushed back, until no life remains. Our mission failed, we abandon the rest of the galaxy to the void to prepare. "Come on Ren," called Eileen Stevens from the door, "or we're gonna be late for the appointment!" Coming Mom!" Ren cried as she deftly wound her way down the stairs. Can't be late for an appointment! repeated the little disciplinarian's voice in her head. As she passed her mother on her way out the door, she remarked, "I hope nothing goes wrong. I've got to look my best for the pictures!"Eileen reassured her daughter. "You're going to look great," she said. "The doctor will make sure of. And being a lone black guy out here in the countryside is risky enough." I know about that shit. I have a black friend who I've taken camping and hiking just so he could get out into nature. He said he wouldn't dare go out alone, but with a white guy as cover, he feels safe. Sorry, it's still such a racist country." Yeah, sucks. I usually go with someone else for safety, but none of my friends were available, so I decided to go anyway. Not something I usually would do - even without telling.