"Professor? They dispatched another spaceship. It just opened up and a shuttle of some kind is on its way over. I can barely see it, but it appears to...be the size of an airplane. A big jet liner, though it looks nothing like a jet liner. It's sorta shaped like a UFO, something you'd see on TV."Indeed, the craft looked right out of a sci-fi movie, wide and not especially tall, blocky, tapered toward the rear with a row of pin-sized holes along the front of each wing. It reminded Kellie of a. .. our kind of people.”“What’s our kind of people, then?” “You know. Stunningly beautiful like me; handsome and hunky like you.”“Mmm, tall order,” I said, grinning like an idiot.“Very tall. Do such people exist?” she said“Doubt it.”“Shame.”She smiled, her eyes full of her love as she came to me and kissed me like she did the very fist timeIt wasn’t an obsession at first. Every so often we’d pick our way through the photo-ads together. All those people wanting to meet other people and do. He didn’t even know him by reputation. A glance at his hand showed that he was a fellow ring-knocker.“Everyone in the Rock knows about you and your book. You’ve got some of the finest minds in the place coming up with novel ways of dealing with an army of elves. You even have Miss Jennifer Walsh involved and that accomplishment alone makes you a legend in this place.”“I wasn’t aware of that.”“Now if you’ll have a seat in the conference room over there, I’ll arrange to have a few guys come over. “Just got there a few days ago from Virginia,” I answered.“I’m really only married to Emma,” I explained when his brow furrowed.“Oh?” he asked, his interest piqued. “It’s legal in the territories to have more than one wife. Since we’re in Kansas, and I’m the Captain, I could perform the marriage if you want.The room lit up with the smiles from Flo and Madison. Half an hour later, we were man and wives--officially.“I heard that you sent a lot of construction supplies from St. Joseph to Omaha,”.