I damn near choked. Here was a place that looked like it had been moved out of the English countryside, gardens and all, and plunked down in the rolli...g hills of Penn's Woods. That was the first surprise. Cassandra was the second.She was as healthy and pretty a girl, nay, woman, as I had seen in a long time: clear-skinned, bright-eyed. long-limbed, fresh and beautiful. She bounced, from hair to bottom, when she walked. She looked as happy as a successful fisheman and greeted me with a fine. Even so, the three crates we filled with platinum ore ended up being worth over three hundred thousand credits, all on their own. The other nine crates were filled with a mixture of titanium, tungsten, tantalum and iridium, the latter of which fetching a nice twenty-six hundred credits per ton.When everything was offloaded, we were just shy of seven hundred thousand credits. That was more than enough credits to trade in our cargo ship and upgrade to something better, which is what we were. For the very first time, I could feel that my love was being returned, and that feeling created an upward spiral of emotional involvement. The more that I responded to his love making and passion, the greater was his desire to please me. It was a circle of effects, each one driving the other to higher levels. There were many nights when our lovemaking drained him, literally drained him of semen.Before the thirty day period had elapsed, the children announced, jointly, at dinner one evening,. I kissed the top of her head and held her close. My tears started to flow too. I had dreamed of this moment for years.Isabelle finally tore herself away from me and hugged her mother. "Jim and Cindy should be here in a few minutes. I had to wake them up. Mom, it's been over thirteen years. Today's date is December 17, 2032."Future Interlude VIII: Meeting With The CongressAina time: 7:50 AM day 214 of 1473 H.E. (three days after memory integration)Havika, Mayoni, and Kalea, the three directors.