Naa ava soothaye paathutu irunthen, appo oru aambala(singam nu sollalam thairiyama ava sootha thadavunan) avalum kootathula theriyama paduthunu nenach...tu thirumbi ninnukitta. Avan approm avan koonji medu vachi appo apo thadavunan. Ithellam pakka enaku kama veri ucham adanchuchu.Apporam enga compound la ulla ava epoome nighty la tha iruppa. Naa sem leave la irukura appo avala mela irunthu sight adippen. Nighty kulla bra jetty ethum poda matta. Kola adila thooni thovaipa compund ulla. Nighty. “I’d like to hear about that, how about letting me buy you lunch at the concession?”Dave sized up the flight attendant, and read her nametag from the cluster of identification badges hanging on a lanyard around her neck – Gabrielle Carson. He put his hand out, “I’m Dave Prentiss. Lunch sounds good, but ... I guess, why?” He hadn’t been so blatantly hit on in a long time, except by people in the Circle.Gabrielle said, “Oh, I know who you are and I’m a big fan. I watch you on television. Call me. It wasn't exactly news to him, but to get it first-hand, definite-that was a shock."No, they were playing checkers!" Gwen shouted. "What do you think they were doing? Can't you see how upset I am? I sent Chris home and told Cathy to get packed, but she must have decided to hell with it and crawled out her bedroom window. She was gone when I went in, and there was a note for me-she said she was leaving and never wanted to see me again." Could she have gone to visit a friend, maybe, until the. Not that Second Officer Nkomo was the kind of woman who was likely to believe her. There were few senior officers less disposed to apparently fanciful notions than the slim black woman Nadezhda secretly lusted after. She was dismissive of all the wild speculation regarding the Anomaly that implied intelligent behaviour or an alien presence or a combination of the two. She would never entertain the idea that it was associated with aliens or parallel universes or any other fanciful hypothesis..