It was Gina. "Sorry about that", she said, smiling, "but I don't suppose you could get me a white wine, please". "Certainly Gina, for you anything",...I answered. "And another burger"? She asked. "If I have to cook it myself", I answered, laughing. "You are an angel", she said when I returned with her wine and burger. "My pleasure", I said. We chatted again, this time about Gary and Sandra and how they were doing together, when she asked me why I hadn't got a girlfriend of my own. "I. Gabriel will explain during his history lesson. Speaking of the history lesson, I think you can begin now, Gabriel.”“Alright. I’ll give a brief background on early Scyftan history and then move on to the more recent stuff.”“When our species was young, there were many predators we had to contend with. As you can see, we are quite small and not very strong in this form. We were all born with the ability to speak with our minds. We call it Mindspeaking. You would call it telepathy. Over time, our. .." Don't be," said Randy, "Listen, in a few weeks, I have to give up all this high school bullshit. I've been sloppy about a lot of shit, but I always had my old man and Vil to cover my ass. Once I get out of college, I'm pretty much on my own. I need somebody like Vil." You think I'm like Vil Umanski?" asked Thule, absurdly pleased."Not the old part, of course," said Randy, "but I imagine you're like he was at your age, when he first joined the KGB." NKVD," said Thule."What?" asked Randy,. "She started giving lessons ... I think ... to the babies. I didn't understand a word but the girls seemed to. Seven knew their language.Just another strike against Seven.How do you know the aliens aren't plotting to kill you if you don't understand what they're saying.The four of the co-conspirators chatted until it was past their bed time ... not Seven ... I've never seen her sleep. Then again, I'm not with her that often.Eventually, we put everybody down ... no ... not like a lame horse. To.