It's also the one I was wearing when they killed me."Seeing Sara sitting before me dressed in her 1692 frock and hearing her talk in the same casual l...nguage of the present was really screwing with my head. The two things just didn't fit. That was until Marilyn put it all together for me."Look Will," Marilyn said, "Think back to when we met Kim and Soon Lee. I'll bet you never realized they were communicating in Korean. They were, but as Spirits, we don't actually say things. Remember, we think. That's my experience. Connie began by telling me that, when John did come home, she would arrange for a friend to keep Sally overnight and Connie would indulge John in whatever his desires were. "When he came home and it was time to be intimate, I gave him whatever he wanted. Do you know what I mean by 'whatever?'" she asked rhetorically. "I mean it wasn't just missionary position regular sex. I really wanted to make him happy and I didn't limit him to the options in the Proper Girl's First. You could see the bulge in his pants was quite big.Suddenly a memory raced into my mind. Val had been out with her friends that weekend. She had traveled to Dublin. She had been in an awful state when she got back on Sunday. She was the most hung over I had seen her. She had told me too that some English guys had bought them drinks all night. She even said they came back to the house for tea. But she said they were gentlemen and weren't after anything. I had told her not to be so naive. She. The MIs have already begun doing something. They started by conducting an intense search for someone to be the initial recipient on Earth of the gift they were to offer. Their ultimate choice was a software engineer from the silicon valley."The Security Council watched as a pudgy, coffee swilling geek was followed through his daily routine by the hologram, apparently without his knowledge. They watched in fascination as the MIs set up their impromptu roadblock and waited for their prey to enter.