She kept her back to the truck as she moved to the rear where we were standing. Her eyes were wide open, looking the people up and down."Who are these...people and why are they dressed like that. Is this a hippie commune or something?" She stammered, but her accent was south-east."A nun," I exclaimed."Yes, I picked her up just ten minutes ago, her car had broken down and I was taking her to the next service area. My name is Bill Thornton, but you can me Geordie if you want to." Well Bill, you are. ‘It’s right there in front of us. What do you mean you can’t see anything?’ But when she turned back to stare out the window, the dragon had vanished. Jamie squinted to see, then shook her head. ‘Okay. No more coffee for you, girl. You’re seeing things.’ Melissa pressed her forehead against the window to try and get a better look, but the dragon really had disappeared. She felt her heart sink, and was gripped by an unbearable sense of loss. Tears welled up in her eyes, and it was only her. " Good man!" Perry slapped his thigh. "Now that's the way to have dinner! Or lunch, or whatever it was." It was ... disconcerting, to say the least. I don't know how I finished. Then Barbara came up, and ... you pretty much know the rest." I thought it was 'Barbie' now?"Richard sighed, again. "Yes, it is. I'm not ... quite in the habit of that yet."And I'm not sure I like that one."Are you kidding? She totally looks like a barbie doll. The girls are probably downstairs dreaming up crazy outfits. Es gab weder Raumhäfen noch orbitale Stationen, nicht einmal Radioteleskope oder einen ähnlichen Entwicklungsstand. Den Unterlagen des Förderationsgeheimdienstes nach handelte es sich um Bartok, die einzige große Siedlung des sonst kaum bewohnten Planeten. Die Bajoraner hatten sich hier nicht niedergelassen, sondern hatten den zweiten und den vierten Planeten besiedelt. Bartok wurde von einer menschenähnlichen Spezies bewohnt. Auf der nördlichen Halbkugel gab es keine Städte, sondern nur.