They're about the size and thickness of your thumbnail and they're using only passive methods of surveillance. Even so, if one of the alien vessels co...es within a critical distance, the picket will dissolve into a faint mist of atoms. Remember, we're not talking about Earth technology here, but Ship's. When our scout returns within range, the pickets will tight-beam what they have learned, then reset and continue to watch."Diana reached over to place her hand on her husband's. "So, who are you. I want to be your man. I know that you haven't been intimate with anyone in a long time–hell I can see from my bedroom window that no other cars come over."And I know from the way you moaned when I kissed you and when I touch you that you miss it. What do I have to do to show you that I can be that man... that I WANT to be that man!"My little "rant" caught her completely off-guard. Until now I have been the polite "nice" boy from next door. But that never got me anywhere with her. Now she was. Bring this phone with you so that I can hear you."My feet were like lead as I carried the cordless phone up to Kate'sbedroom. The door was closed and for some crazy reason, based on myupbringing I suppose, I knocked on it.There was silence for a moment, then "Come in."It was a big bedroom, her playroom as well as a bedroom. She wasstanding beside her bed looking arrogant. I wanted to spit in her eyeand tell her she was a spoilt bitch."I, I'm sorry Kate, I, I didn't mean to upset you, I will. Ft., most of it lawn with a few cedars along one side and a view of the mountains on the mainland. There was plenty of space between neighbours. My first impression was good and Dory agreed.Inside, it was a box, forty-eight feet wide and thirty-six feet deep. There was no basement. Nothing remarkable about it at all. Drywall everywhere, carpet in every room except for linoleum in the kitchen, laundry room, and bathrooms. All the walls were painted off-white and the carpeting was beige. A.