She had a reputation as having been a bit of a ball breaker and certainly there was no sign of a Mr Armitage these days. It didn't worry Sylvia, she j...st got on with her job."I'm sorry Mr Gillstrom, there's really nothing I can do about it." Sylvia smiled up at Greg from her desk, closing the folder marked 'Study Allocations' firmly."But I've had a room to myself for a year or more, Mrs Armitage. I really don't want to have to share a study," Gregg was seriously upset by the prospect of having. "We are most impressed by your people's ability to adapt and create new technological systems to address various environmental challenges. We will make use of several of these devices when we are functioning on our home world. Per our earlier discussion, we will use both domicile cooling devices and also the individual cooling vests which some of your sports engineers have developed for medical health issues and for various sport performers."I recognized those devices as air conditioning units. Along with another healthy dose of weekend spam, there were emails from my 'harem' in Italy waiting for me. Of course, my Italian harem consisted almost entirely of students studying abroad - classmates, were I still there. Instead, thanks to the repeated sudden attacks of the seizures, I was sent home. I wasn't bitter, of course. Okay, maybe a little.Don't tell me you wouldn't feel a little resentful if you were forced to leave behind what I was forced to leave behind - not only the beauty of. "Yes, Captain."Thirty minutes later we were outside the ship walking on the surface ofTalos. Had I not been so scared it would have been wonderful. My fear wasnot helped by the fact that the four guards never took their eyes off of me."Come, try an orange naplet," Anthony said urging me to a small booth with ahand in my back. The guards almost ran to make sure they had us guarded onall sides. Anthony made pleasant conversation, joked and even laughed, but Icould hear the stress in his voice..