Holli had seen mom's car in front of the garage, so she came home insteadof going to Mrs. Miller's house. Mom had already called over to theMiller's t... let her know what had happened and that she was home.Holli had come running into the house with a burst of energy, all excitedto tell mom what happened on the school bus this morning. I was standingthere trying to listen to what was being said down stairs.Mom sat Holli down to listen to her side of the story. She actuallywanted to tell her what. It was like nothing I had in any of my data bases, the material was strange, there was energy emitting from it that also didn't register in my data bases. I started to build a schematic in my mind of it, I activated the repair drones more intrusive scanners and got no response from the mine. It was some kind of insect bio-mechinoid, I could detect silicon and flesh interwoven through its systems, its power core was unlike anything humanity had ever encountered.I was studying the schematics of. That had been my attitude on a lot of things for quite some time now. Fuck 'em. Fuck it. Fuck everything.I had taken the window seat in the last row in first class this time; gotta love frequent flyer miles. I had a gazillion. They let me upgrade on damn near every flight I took.Most people take first class because they're looking for creature comforts. Not me. Not this time. This time I was scrunched with my back to the window, my laptop in front of me so that no one else could see it. I was. Only then did she turn back tohim. She was pleased to see him sucking his thumb. She was alsosurprised to feel a slight tingle of excitement in places that herhusband usually stimulated instead. The idiot! Sucking his thumb like...an idiot! She got up and grabbed the now empty bottle from him and putit back into his diaper bag. Then she picked up the bag and handed it tohim. "Make sure all those bottles are filled again when you get backfrom lunch," she told him. "Now get out of here.