.. an almost irritating sound, because she knew that sound was trying to get her attention and she didn’t want to wake up from this dream. She felt ...erfectly comfortable, floating in ... what? She was floating in something, because she was wet. She decided she was lying on a beach somewhere, because she could feel the surf breaking over her as it ran up the beach. It felt good ... cool and refreshing.The sound wouldn’t go away. Something was pressing against her lips, and she tried to turn her. "We went on an ocean cruise" came the answer from my dad, not the one I was looking for but the one I had expected, "can we watch the tape?" I asked while picking up the camcorder. My dad looking white as a sheet, "NO!" mom yelled from fear. "Why can’t I see the tape mom?" I asked almost teasing, "Umm it didn’t come out good dear, it’s terrible" dad said taking the camera from me. That's ok ill setup the VCR in the living room and we can all watch it together, since I didn’t get to go I would. Both of my grandfathers had already made inquiries about arranging a wife for me from my mother’s tribe, and arranged marriage at the age of 30 to 32, or 35 at the latest, was part of their tradition.The wife grandfathers select for me will probably be six feet tall, strong as an ox, with an extremely ethnic look. She will be capable, and inclined, to thrash any man who lays a hand on her. She will not be a beauty, the tribe does not consider looks important. So I will not be taking her to. He said he had the designs in his head and he had a heap of spells that weren’t in any spell book here, which he could use to make them.She particularly loved his washing machine, as he called it. The variation on her planet was nowhere near as good as Mark’s was. He had also made lights he called LED lights, and they were in all of the rooms. If you walked into the room, the lights came on and went out a few minutes after you walked out of the room or you could just tell them to operate.He had.