We'd both been rendered unable to reveal our trueidentities, but suddenly the bio-collar didn't seem so bad."Why was I...what was the...damn it!" It's...OK," said Cassandra, stroking my arm, "I know the question yourcollar won't let you ask, namely if the reason for the bodyswap in youruniverse was the same as in this one. And the answer is, no. In youruniverse, the Aragonians set Janice Lester on that path because theyneeded Spock to take over as captain of the ISS Enterprise, but he couldonly. Some time back, Alpha male had dug a large underground hole and put some steel shutters over it. They left me behind, but I soon caught up and managed to climb down the steps before the shutters clanged shut. Not a moment too soon, because the twister was upon us and nearly yanked the shutters out of their hands.They lit the kerosene lamps and settled down on the cushioned benches. The Alpha female started some coffee on a small primus stove that had been put in there just for these occasions.. He intoned, self-importantly, “the village is double-blessed, we have today not only a virgin, whose time is come, but more importantly, we have a boy, who is about to enter manhood. It is so seldom that we have the good fortune to have a boy become a man. Liam, son of Todd, is the first boy to come up here in several years.”He carried on in this vein for a while. Finally, he turned to Liam, who had been looking around, and had noticed that soft-looking bedding had been placed atop the large. In hindsight, she should've realized the old alien's funeral would be the biggest news story of the day, and disable her home's AI from automatically activating the news broadcast when she got out of the transit booth.As she headed to her bedroom to change out of her mourning clothes, she passed by a mirror. Even through her grief, Galbracht's training took over, and she instinctively adopted a sexy pose. Bright orange, the color of mourning among Galbracht's people, didn't really suit her, but.