I was a little surprised to see a couple walking along the beach at this time of night… but I guess it would be pretty romantic. I will have to rem...mber that if we stayed another night on the small island.I broke off from people watching when I heard the sliding door open. Amy and Steph, wrapped back up in their robes, came out, each holding a beer. As they sat down in their own chairs, they began apologizing profusely for falling asleep. They felt bad because they had left me out."It is. Once at the hotel, I was pleased at the progress the crew had already made in removing the interior partition walls. The carpenters were working fast, and yet they still managed to salvage most of the wood that was in the walls so it could be reused later. They had also saved all the trim and casings. Everything that couldn’t be salvaged was shoveled out a side window into a large high-sided wagon pulled up close to the building.I left the carpenter hard at it and walked down to the restaurant. But perhaps they will themselves in time recognize what is happening and give us their own."Now, it appeared, they might be ready to do so.The request for the visit, when Joe made it, came with a strong hint that what the Eden­ites had in mind would be of considerable moment. The alien began by asking that the two of them, alone, come again to the nest to speak with Gagugakhing the next morning, but then had more to say:"In this time before you come we wish that there be no other talk between. . clothes... off?"No. He not want to fuck-fuck you, just look." But why?"The obese man spoke quickly to the smaller man. He became agitated, looking at me impatiently."You must take off you cloves now. Not every clove, just dis and dis..." He tugged on my blouse and my skirt. "Udderwise he beat you bad. He not fuck-fuck you!"Nervously I undid my blouse and peeled it off, trying to avoid the gaze of either man as I set it down on the desk and set about removing my skirt. I stood before them.