"I want the real thing. Dammit, you know we wouldn't have done all this just to bring back a few animals and plants! We did it for them, and they jus... won't see it." Yes, Alicia, I know," said Meiersdottir soothingly—or as soothingly as she could, given her own acute disappointment. "But you have to realize that even this much is a tremendous step forward for them." What do you mean?" Well, when Carlos and I and your great-grandfather and all the others first got here they looked at 'singles'. We can postpone it.”“That really sucks. Come anyway. We can spend time together.”“Are you sure?”“Yes.” I was disappointed but it would be nice to have dinner with my sister.“I will be over right on time. Do you want me to bring anything?”“How about a nice wine. That would go well with some kimchi”“Okay.”Dinner was nice and the red wine went well with the meal. “Robin, how about watching a movie?”“Not tonight. I would really like to talk to you. You have been a blessing to Olivia and. It all changed when a friend of mine invited us to go swimming at a lake. Karen didn’t even want to go but she reluctantly agreed. We arrived before everyone else and I had to convince Karen we were at the right place because she didn’t want to follow me down the trail to the water. We walked through thick woods until finally it opened up on the perfect little secluded spot. I instantly thought of going skinny dipping. I pulled off my shirt before Karen knew what was going on. In just seconds I. I opened the front passenger door. “Hey, you don’t need to do that for me.” “I’m not. I have my shit all over the seat I have to clean it off. I wasn’t expecting company.” I tossed my brief case into the back seat and gathered my CDs that were strewn on the seat and floor and placed them in the console. We got in and I backed up and started out of the lot. We drove for several minutes in awkward silence. “What’s going on?” I asked. “We spoke so openly and freely in the diner and now our words.