She saw my reaction and presumed it was just because of the tattoo. She said, "Daddy, are you ok? Please don't be mad: it's just a tattoo and I really...like it." I said, "No, I'm not mad about the tattoo. I'm not mad at you at all." She asked, "Then what's wrong?"I realized she had no idea that I was 'Spiderman' and I thought it would definitely be better to not tell her. But I had to come up with a reason for my reaction and I had to do it fast. I just started talking, "I guess it's just that. We set our glasses down and kind of looked at each other. There was an 1,800-pound elephant in the room that we were tip-toeing around. I figured that this was as good as good a time as any to acknowledge the big fucker’s presence.“So,” I began, and the ladies turned to me and waited patiently for me to say something of extreme import and eloquence. “What the hell do we do next?” I asked. It wasn’t really all that eloquent.Alice piped up with a suggestion. “Well, I think you should do the. " Well, they do need personnel if they are going to field enough ships to slow the Sa'arm down, and even more to stop them. Right now Earth is the only place to obtain reinforcements. And even if we manage to pull ten million people off Earth before the Sa'arm come, we still are going to be at a huge disadvantage when it comes to numbers," I replied.Traci nodded. "I know. I see the lists. You were right that as each need is reported to HQ, I get it in the form of a list of priorities. I try to. Every person was where we were told they’d be. The routes into the ship we were supplied with were right on. I hope the rest of our missions with Jim are similar,” he said.“Thank you, Cooper, I’ll make sure to add your thoughts to my final report,” Lt. Commander Ferguson replied.Once I made it home, I stored my sled in the barn and crept into the house an hour after leaving the base. I felt Don checking when he heard me come in. “You’re cold,” Sally squeaked in surprise when I snuggled into bed.