Valerie and Tim must have been awoken by the sounds of sex since they exited Heather’s bedroom shortly thereafter. Valerie came out fully dressed an... looking as perfectly composed as when I had last seen her while Tim came out fully naked, carrying his clothes in a pile in front of him, and walking with a very pronounced bow-legged hobble. He rubbed his ass as if it were sore, and sported vicious looking nail marks along his back, but nothing was ever spoken about it.Everyone (save for Jess,. The next morning Benni confronted image after image of spacemen on the walls of every level he passed through on the way to work. The only true secret of the Temperdis is that there are no true secrets. The arrival of their saviors was the conversation of the bodegas and concourses. The seers writing in the news sheets prophesied that soon the gates to Upstairs would be torn asunder, and the people of the Temperdis would return to the stars. The dream was whispered over and over, until it. Now,I had always thought that extraterrestrials were dumb and we had no usein trades with them, but I knew that without the peace, we could not sendother humans supplies and such or even communicate with them. I sat downin my desk and began to look over the notes of the over nightoccurrences. I skim through and stop suddenly. I catch a glimpse of areport that had been sent to my desk about a "secret op". I look aroundto make sure no one else could read. I open my file and begin to read.I. Calean had always proven loyal to Asiara, but he was a magi nonetheless, and Asiara had to be careful to keep the upper hand lest he use his magic to try to control her mind or her will."I see that you are a voyeur," was Asiara's response to Calean."I prefer to think of myself as a concerned and protective ally. You went through quite the ordeal today. I didn't think you should be left alone." I thank you for your concern," Asiara said sarcastically while allowing the wry smile that had.