I am from Green Hell, and you?”“I am Faragon, and I am Huǒlóng, from Hearth planet.”The other lizard said. “He is a genuine Drach, not a mig...ty and vicious Tyrannous like me and part of the Sauriens or a lizard-like the Diechsen.”Roy sighed, “You know my mother is a real biologist scientist and I think she knows all the different species, but I still don’t know most of them. Well, I do know Petharians of course.”The Petharian sighed and it sounded as if he was gargling gravel. “I wish you would. Wendy brightened up at this, finding herself rising in stature more."You mind taking me for a ride, Wendy?" I asked.Wendy flashed me a sexy smile. "Shouldn't be a problem." You don't mind driving a kid from the junior high?" I teased."Of course, I don't," Wendy lied."Fine. You buyin' anything here?" I asked.The girls blushed again, and shook their heads. Patty answered, "We were really just lookin'."I gave the three girls another Groucho-type leer and flicked an imaginary cigar. "So was I," I. Its departure was accompanied with a muttered "Oh. Shit!" from Rowan. The frown from Virginia was answered by a quick shake of the head. As she hurried along the corridor to the PGS office, the memory clicked, they had moved in the 'missing man' formation with Cdr McGraw trailing.She entered the PGS office where the occupants stood for her. She returned the salute, then echoed Rowans's thoughts as she took in the small stack of grey forage caps and the RMN beret. No one objected as she read the. As a k**, MS Carlson always insisted I called her Aunt Marsha and I did. She must be around 38 or so now. Mom called her and Aunt Marsha said she’d be delighted to house me during my schooling. Things were set, and that week I was on my first plane ride.The SF airport had people of all sorts walking around. I hardly remembered what Aunt Marsha looked like. Then, a tall, tanned, long dark haired woman who looked like she just stepped off a movie shoot smiled at me, waved and said, “You must be.