Once it was firmly implanted in my mind, I looked around the meadow lifting my gaze to take in the surrounding area.To the south-east was definitely h...bitation, as I could see smoke rising from a house which appeared from here to be at the edge of a wood, in the meadow were cattle grazing. There was no point in just pussyfooting around, so I walked to-wards the house. Passing the cattle as I went, who ignored me completely, showing they were used to people and well domesticated.The house. "The person at the other end said something and Dina laughed. "Oh youshould see him now! He's absolutely precious. And he's so happy! Lord, Iwish I'd known a long time ago. But it's all good. We're going to make itright."Colin padded in, still glowing from the shower. He was dressed in a towelwrapped around his waist and nothing else. "Morning, Dee." Whups! Gotta go, Sweetie, he's here," Dina said in a low voice, thenmore clearly, "Talk to you soon. Bye!"Colin looked at her dubiously and asked,. Then there was the fact that her father had acted far more calm than he thought the man should have. Norman knew for a fact that the older man treasured his family. No, he should have been far more upset than he was.Something wasn’t adding up here, that was for sure. The thing was, he’d only spent a few weeks at a time on Kimon’s planet. Not really all that much time to glean anything at all about their craft or art as they called it. True he had seen a few things that many would call. She had fallen for Jack, several months back now actually. The two had been going together since last fall, both their freshmen year of college. Although they had been together now for nearly a year, Susan was still a virgin. She had grown up in a well to do family and lead what might be described as an innocent childhood. Although she had never strongly expressed her feelings, she did have convictions that certain things were to be left for marriage.Jack on the other hand well he had been to.