I think, he said we ought to cement our little agreement with a gesture. He stood up from the table and backed against the sink looking at me he rea...hed down opened his shorts and let them drop to the floor. wearing his tidy whiteys and flip flops he grinned at me c'mon over here, he said, I hesitated, then walked around the table until I stood in front of him. 'On your knees he said softly, then reached up put his hand on my shoulder and guided me to my knees. I looked up at him, he. How soon are you thinking you want to move Astra?”That was the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. If the politicians behaved, we did not need to move the station. However, I suspected they would not behave.“What if we just proved the capability by raising it to a higher orbit?” Tamara asked.Everyone looked at her.“That’s an interesting idea,” I said. “We’re at about six hundred klicks right now. How high could we go without upsetting traffic or radiation exposure?”“The inner Van Allen belt. "They are curious but not afraid. Be still and let them examine you. They mean no harm."Rae and Jan stood silently as their clothing rustled and their skin prickled from delicate touches like summer breezes.Sith's fur was ruffled and occasionally stood on end as his ears and tail twitched from the feather light touches."What sort of beings are they, Pallas?" Rae said, "Why can't we see them?" Their metabolism is such that they oscillate out of the visible spectrum," Pallas replied. "You are but. I haven't decided about today yet. Don't you remember Thursday when you had to hold Laura to keep her from bolting? Think about that and the words you used this morning." She started to speak but I held up my hand. "And May, you started it. It may have been innocent and in good fun but you also knew visiting my parents would be traumatic for Laura."I took a deep breath. "I'm going down to start coffee while the three of you talk. You need to try to fix things. I hope and will be praying that.