"You might as well keep them with the negatives," she replied, laying them face up on the table where they could stare at me. Then she turned and walk...d over to the couch, treating me to the sight of a shapely backside. Her walk to the couch was more of a sensuous dance than a walk. I was still standing next to my table when she sat down and looked at me, obviously expecting a reaction from me. By now my anger had evaporated and had been replaced by curiosity. I slowly walked to where she sat. The Mother Superior kept on talking and commenting on the visual before me. “The Saresii, as you most likely know from school, fought with the Seenians against the Dark Ones much like the young civilizations of the Galaxy now fight against the Y’All every time they return... The Dark Ones were relentlessly unstoppable.”I wondered what the motivation of that enemy was. No matter how advance or beyond human understanding this conflict seemed to be, it had to have a reason.The projection field. But first I want to apologize for treating shabbily. I didn't mean to, but looking at it now, I guess I did," she said."Yes, you did mean to. It's clear to me you hold me in contempt, and figure you can do anything you want to me and get away with it. That your reasoning is flawed, however, goes without saying now."And yeah, you did treat me shabbily," I said. She sent me a 'please' have mercy on me look. "Oh, and since this is likely the last time we'll be talking without lawyers, the truth. " Both of us just got job offers here, but I can't take mine yet.I've got to get back to my mess in the U.S." I heard the tap at theobservation window again. I returned, and instantly recognized themasked visitor who fidgeted alone on the other side of the glass."You let down your mask. You can seduce my doctors in Thailand, andthe director in his own institute, but to try to do so with me isfutile." My father addressed me with a note of low menace in hisvoice.I shook my head in disbelief,.