’ Leaning down, she stared at the two women and continued ‘But what I really am foremost is a mother whose son is hurt and wasting away and yet be...ause of love I have for him , I am here talking to you instead of destroying you for what you have done.’ Pulling a visibly shaken Melissa to her feet, Psyche tried to talk in a calm voice ‘When we last met you told me that you will let me meet Cupid if I completed three tasks. What are they?’ Standing up Aphrodite stared at Psyche as if she was an. "Welcome to Saturn Beta! I trust you'll all behave yourselves."A few laughs came from the crowd. The bigscreen dimmed, the lights inthe lounge went up so everyone could see better, and a curtain lifted onthe far side of the room. Behind the curtain was a wide bar, stackedfloor to ceiling with the best booze on Saturn Beta or anywhere else,staffed by three more women that rivaled any of the six on stage forattractiveness. All three of them wore the same glittering sports braand hot pants outfit. ”Greg took a deep breath, looking at me uncertainly, “I don’t know, ... a bunch of things. I’ve been getting this gnawing feeling that you and Bob were starting to get, I dunno, kind of bloodthirsty. Until this morning that is. Shit, I’m sorry, that didn’t come out the way I meant it. I just feel like I don’t KNOW you sometimes!”“I don’t understand. Do you feel like I’m getting too, I don’t know, ‘casual’ about hurting people who are trying to harm me or my family?”“I guess that’s what’s been. Well what was I to do but go with him." Do you know if your family is safe?" asked Jonny, who had come and sat down about half way through the conversation."My last contact with them was over five years ago. I was finally given several letters from my family and there were even a few pictures. They were happy. I don't know if they got any of mine but I knew better than to write very much about anything. I can only hope that with the destruction of that lab that the powers behind it didn't.