It took a while to release her from her torments. Her mound had swollen severely, making it difficult to remove the jars. And the tar had sealed them ...o perfectly that I had to pull with both hands until the resistance of her flesh finally overcame the vacuum. Almost none of the animals could be contained, so I had to empty a bucket of water over her to wash the little ants away. As for the other critter, her tube had also swollen so much that it was nearly impossible to extricate, and part of. ” “What did you think?” “I’d say you really like crazy erotic music.” She had lent me, among other discs, recordings of Rimsky-Korsakoff’s Antar Suite and Franck’s Piano Quintet, and I was pretty sure the selection was intentional. She laughed, “That’s why I lent them to you.” “I’d heard them before.” “Then why’d you borrow them?” “Different recordings.” She laughed again, “I figured you were sweet on me after you lent me the Chausson.” “Yes, you read me right.” “So I made a little. “I warrior mighty in own right. I travel through alien ships via ductwork, surprise rather than attack outright. No one takes me seriously, until I’m on them, moving too quickly to strike.” To prove her point, she leapt from the wall, to ceiling to floor to the far wall before ending up on the ceiling again, almost too fast for the eyes to follow. “Laser knife equipped, few last such onslaught against.”“Okay, I’ll concede she may be handy as a technician, but there are certain ... physical. Those crazy people in Alabama, they have helped me. I will help you. Perhaps there is a time you will help others.”“I already help students with math in high school,” I said.“See?!? You know...”“People want help. I can help,” I said. “I’m picky, though. I don’t do that for students that don’t WANT to get help or get ahead. I could never be a teacher, not with a bunch of kids in a classroom who just don’t care and make it hard for those who do.”“You are observant. I see the same thing. I went to.