” She hedged.“But, if they brought back the stuff from Mars three years ago...” John trailed off. “How long had it been? When you found me at ...he Tower, how long had it been since you’d seen me?”“Years, I told you it had been years.” She reminded him.“Yeah, but then you talked about the whole two-year Technomancer apprenticeship. So I figured that’s what ‘years’ meant.” John argued. “Not that you went back into the past sixteen years ago. How did you get back? If you can only move two days at a. Mami hey ena da pandra endru chelam konjinaal, illai enaku neengal thevai endru soli kazhuthil oru mutham seithen. Avaluku oru vithamaana kucha unarvu vanthathu, aval udane thirumbinaal.En sunniyai mami pundai methu vaithu aval kangalai matrum ithazhai paarthen. Mamai porumaiyaaga en ithazhai suvaiya aarambithaal, iruvarum kati pidithu lip lock adithom. Pinbu mami sendru vasal kathavai thapal potal. Naan pine sendru menduma aval soothil sunniyai oopathu pola sorugi kati pidithu kazhuthil mutham. "The phone by Major Fullbright's bed rang. The clock said 1:20 am. The general obviously didn't care. "Major, did you ensure that all that GC-161 was destroyed?" Yes general." Stifling a yawn, the major entertained himself with fantasies of another Tailhook scandal, this time in the army, bringing down all the higher officers."You didn't let those clowns Clancy and Vern do it, did you? I mean, my cousin's a great guy, but he shouldn't really be handling waste materials you know." Umm, no. . For sure not an easy thing but theright thing." Paul was curious, "OK dad. What's up?" "Well I sawsomething the other morning while we were eating breakfast and it was areal surprise but I didn't say anything then because I needed time todecide how to handle it." Paul stopped eating and listened to his dad."I'll just come right out and say it. Your napkin fell to the floor andas you bent to pick it up I just happened to be looking as your jeans legrode up a little. And I saw that you were.