I do know that this has already been the most remarkable hearing I have ever had or ever heard of. You may swear them both."Cathy took Kris in her arm... and kissed her soundly, followed by Ken. He whispered, "You're doing great, little sister! Keep it up."After they were sworn and were sitting together in the witness box, and after the preliminaries had been completed, Kris asked them, "How long had you two been married when you met me?"Cathy replied that it had been less than twenty-four. Yes, that would be acceptable, but what is your function?At the moment, the Colonel replied, I am a representative of my plane. In the past, I have fulfilled many roles. And you?Mendow said, In your terminology, I would be in sanitation. Not a glamorous profession perhaps but necessary. We Nondeaka, live in tunnels beneath the top most layer of the planets crust, and only emerge when the primary goes down.Ah, we call that nocturnal. And, in one sense, the Colonel chuckled; I guess you could. Fixing the Golf would take a few days. When they talked about it at supper, Chris volunteered to quit a bit early in the next days so that she could pick up the girls after school.Thus, a seemingly inconsequential fender bender changed the course of events that otherwise would have been fateful.Tammy and Sandy were late out of class on the next afternoon. They had received an extra project to work on over the weekend. The teacher had kept them late to explain what she wanted. Now they hurried. I grabbed his wrists and pinned his hands to his sides, then moved one of mine up to his neck, gently gripping. "Not so fast,? I whispered, "I plan on playing a little first, amusing myself at your expense."I walked Sean backward, still kissing and biting at him, towards his bedroom. Backing him up to his own bed as I undid the buttons down the front of his shirt. I pulled the shirt open, sliding it over Sean’s shoulders, letting my fingernails play across his flexing chest, feeling the muscles.