Michael had been on Sapphire for almost five months. In that time he had seen few, if any, Dizyntk females that he would have called unattractive. Thi... was the first time, however, that he had seen one with jet black hair and such pale skin. Dizyntk, as a rule, were not dark skinned. A light shade of brown, similar to a human of Asian or Hispanic descent, was about as dark as any of them ever got. Feya's skin color looked like a Caucasian human with a light tan, which was normal for the. Instead she found a long length of silver chain, things that looked like thick leather bracelets and some video tapes. Actually, a lot of video tapes. 'More home movies, ' she thought. Her daddy had bought a video camera one year and they already had a copious amount of movies next to the TV in the living room. She picked one out at random-none of them had labels-and, kneeling at the foot of the bed, placed it into the VCR that her daddy used.The screen came to life showing her daddy's room.. As they drove into town, Katie stared out the window at the beautiful countryside, thinking about all the times she had ridden in the back seat with Ken when they were kids. She remembered how they annoyed each other, complaining to parents about trivial slights, playing silly games like who-blinks-first. Then she gazed lovingly over at that same kid who had grown into a young man, with whom she had shared the most intimate of moments. She reached over and touched his hand. He smiled back at. She never had a paying job (she and Dad got married out of high school), but she did a lot of volunteer work for the Scouts, PTA events, lots of stuff at church. She always made sure she was home when we got back from school so she could give us a snack. She could always find out what was bothering me even when I didn't want to tell her or hadn't figured out was wrong on my own. She had a way of getting information and making you feel happy you gave it up. I could get away with lying to Dad on.