"You kids have got to be hungry by now." They all went to a small air conditioned shop to eat pizza. The place seemed fairly busy with folks in bat...ing suits, going in and coming out. The food and services weren't bad so the place got lots of business. The family all sat at a booth. "Hee hee. This is pretty weird. I'll order it honey." Their father said."Oh. Ok-(pause) DEAR! Make sure you order a glass of wine for me. You know, I'm glad to sit down. These feet are killing me. These. " So the ship lives forever too?" We introduced nano bots into ships as well. Prior to that, they lived for only approximately one millennium." These nano bots, they are an important part of the Traveler culture?" In many ways they are the single most important defining thing in our culture. They are not found naturally. A very famous scientist created them from another life form. They are living things. They are dependent upon our bodies to survive and in return they make sure we survive a. Tony’s mom, Mrs. C. always insisted I call her mom, I think she felt sorry for me and tried to be the surrogate mom that I didn’t have since my own mom remarried and moved out of the country. I was over Tony’s house every day since my dad worked long hours. Mrs. C. didn’t mind since Tony was an only child she liked having me over keeping him company. Growing up next to Tony I got to see a lot of Mrs. C. and let me tell you she aged well. She must be around 42 or 43 years old now. She is not. We talked for a few minutes more and I left her to her work. As I drove home, I knew I had to put any romantic thoughts of Beth as far in the back of my mind as I could. On the way home I did my usual errands as the next day I was going to see Susan’s parents, which I still did at least once a month.I arrived at my in-laws the next day about noon to have a Sunday lunch with them. While we were eating we had our normal conversation. They caught up with me and I with them. They were good people.