Out of the blue, she came to find me where I was camping, we talked, never mentioning anything more than friendly stuff and finally we decided to go t... sleep. We used the First Aid room of the place and I told her to sleep on the bed whereas I would sleep on a stretcher. After 5 or so minutes, she asked me to come to bed next to her. I thought to myself “this is it!” and I happily moved next to her. After some small talk, and with her not willing to give in to my desires, I made a sudden move. ” Peter looked mystified, so she continued. “The parish ladies’ group had a weekend bus trip to Chicago. They left around lunchtime Friday and were to arrive Friday night. They were going to go shopping and see a play, then come back today. Heather went with Susie Whitworth and her mother.”Peter nodded in understanding. “So, any time now.”Shirley shrugged. “Probably later, after dinner. They were planning to attend services this morning at Holy Name Cathedral.”“And the word from Boston?” asked. “Sorry about the lack of decorations,” Wotan said. “The ‘chines make it for me while I’m decelerating. Usually, it takes them a few weeks to cut down all the wood, forge the metal, make the pipes. Even with the old foundation.”My brow furrowed. “They don’t ... fab it? Using mana?”“No, no,” Wotan said. “All the nanotech on this planet is controlled by the Custodias. He, heh, he was given a single order: Maintain We Made It. And so, he maintains it.” She shook her head. “My ‘chines need to do. It was like every childhood dream I had ever had when I climbed out of my car. Production assistants buzzed by on golf carts, workmen carried props to and from very large warehouses that dotted the massive asphalt lot and at least half a dozen very important looking people walked by, chatting on their cell phones.Casting and pre-production for "An Amerikan Family", the title of my screenplay (with a slight twist of Russian added to the name as a touch of flair I had always been proud of) was.