When Bill came in he merely noted that there was an unusual odor in the room and he would have to have it aired out.And if it hadn't been for June he ...ight have never been forced to acknowledge the reality of his situation.Janet was just entering her eighth month. The family was gathered at the dinner table and to anyone from the outside it would have looked like a Norman Rockwell cover. Then June threw a bombshell onto the table."Mom, Dad, John, I'm pregnant."It was a calm, matter-of-fact. Oh, and your vision had been changed to incorporate microscopic and telescopic ranges. The training will teach you how to control all of this consciously."You are now immortal as long as your body is not actually destroyed, though this will be much more difficult to do. Your skin is very nearly impenetrable, so that bullets, knives, and such cannot hurt you. You are resistant to a wide range of heat and cold, and disease, poison, and radiation cannot harm you."In effect, you have very nearly. "Yeah, Jen. She's it. Really is it." Oh, well. I personally think that she made a good choice, fella. Just sayin'. And I hope the tea does you some good." She reached back into her desk. "Here. Honey. Better than sugar." Thanks, Jen," I said. "I appreciate it." I left, made a cup of tea, returned the bottle of honey. Waved. She was on the phone, so I returned to my office and tried to finish a couple of tasks before the end of the day. The honeyed tea helped.She knew I'd be headed out the door. I think we were in intense like and lust but I don’t think it was love.’ ‘Really?’ William responded. ‘We worked for the same company, had the same friends, and had a good time partying together.’ Lewis paused for a minute. ‘You know when I was in Iraq I really didn’t think that much about her, I just thought about getting back to Eagle’s Nest.’ ‘You may be right boy,’ William replied. ‘It don’t sound much like love to me.’ Lewis sat quietly for a few minutes staring across the valley as the.