Not at all" they answered in unison. "But you need to be more careful" they added."Careful?" I queried.Jane explained "Yes ... we have known of your e...istence for quite some time now. Everytime you use your thought suggestion power, it sends up a signal for any other special powered individual to see ... and I can tell you that there are some very nasty individuals out there".Jill added "We were getting close to finding you when you just lobbed right into our home"."Oh ... I've been silly" I. . I don't want you to think I'm being selfish, Marcus, but you really, really don't need this guy." Nick told him."I know. I have everyone I need, and more... but..." You've never been curious before." It's never come up before." Are you going to go?" Hope asked, and Marcus paused for a moment's thought."I... no, not like that. If he wants to talk to me he can come and talk to me. This wasn't a good way to do things." That's Dick all over." Nick confirmed."Can you fight a court order like. “Is something bothering you, Padma?” she asked. I shook my head , but she persisted.How did you happen to meet Raj?” I finally blurted out. Ramya laughed out loud. “Ohhh, so that’s what is eating you up.”She then settled back into the couch crossed her legs and facing me started her story. “You know Padma , I was married off at an early age by my parents as they had found a wonderful match for me. Initially, I resented my early marriage but soon got over it. My husband is 10 years older than. After I had directly participated, at a short distance, in the death of so many people, because of something nobody understands called 'communism", I thought I had better learn more about it." We were silent. The sounds of the cafe seemed to dim in the moment we shared." There was some talk in the papers about vets coming back from 'Nam being spit on by the anti-war folks. All I could say was that it never happened to me, shit, I was the baby killer they were shouting about....couldn't they.