Its position was unclear, as the timescale of the collision event was unknown. All that could be derived from the infrared readings was that the time ...as not very long since that event. Weeks, months perhaps, but not much more, or the heat energy would have completely dissipated. As it was, it was very faint indeed.Dismissing the event as no longer of interest, the Landership went on with scanning the asteroids, to establish a rough approximation of the content of these bodies. The results. “Did you enjoy that?” he asked.“More than anything I have done in my life. I never realised that you could have that much fun and pleasure doing what we just did,” I told him and leaned over and kissed him.I had never kissed or had sex with another man in all my married life. Today would go down as the most amazing and enjoyable experience I have ever had. I had believed my wedding day was the best day of my life... until a few months ago when everything began to unravel in our relationship.. He stood there – watching – trying to figure out what was going on. If he asked what we were doing, I was going to scream.I whispered in Melissa’s ear, careful to make sure no one else could hear me.“I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I was so caught up in my own life that I didn’t notice how bad yours is. I’ll be your friend if you’ll let me.”Melissa burst into great, shuddering sobs. That shoulder of my jacket was getting a good workout tonight.She broke away from me and ran. Wow! I was shooting two. “Ageing is part of evolution,” Emerald explained earnestly. “If you think of it - our bodies, yours and ours, make bodily cells from food - bones, organs, every kind of cell tissue. It’s just a chemical process and we can do that indefinitely, in principle. But obviously we have to die in order for evolution to work: for each generation to be new, and a selection of the more successful genes. So dying is something we evolved.”“Wow, so,” Paul sat forward, “it’s like a switch?”“A genetic switch?”.