”The other guy nodded and said, “You know, we take shoplifting very seriously here.” For emphasis, he pointed at a sign on the wall threatening...prosecution for all shoplifters.“Shoplifting?” I gasped. “I didn’t shoplift anything!”“How stupid do you think we are?” he shot back. “Here’s a tip: the next time you’re going to try to rip a store off, you might not want to wear an outfit that guarantees every guy in the place will be watching you.”“But, I didn’t take anything!” I insisted.“No, you. " Thank you." You're welcome. I know you guys did well here. What issues await my concern?"I picked up a list. No use getting confused. "I'll start with the orders you gave concerning your mother. All the sought after people have been accounted for." Any resistance?" No. The base military police helped out to further good feelings between you and the base. The suspects did not resist much after they saw the force brought against them. A couple tried hand to hand, but were so quickly subdued. " She blushed."A tramp? How could he say that? You've got it and should show it. When I was single and free I never made a habit of seeing married women, but I would have made an exception for you. My God, I feel like I'm looking at Selena in the future. Please don't take my remarks the wrong way. These drugs probably made me say things I normally wouldn't." He confessed."But still, you thought them, so it's the truth, but don't be embarrassed. I'm flattered. To tell YOU the truth, if you were. "We believe that the Anomaly is in some mysterious way attuned to human rather than machine culture. The bizarre Apparitions of mythological beings and multicellular biological life forms have much more meaning for your culture than they do ours. We hope that we might gain a better understanding of the Anomaly through its interaction with a human space ship than we ever could with our own hardware. We'd prefer not to make our presence known, of course, but we're aware that there are many.