The perfectly average man sat in Scott's favorite leather recliner."Am I dead?" Scott asked."No," the man said, "You are – alive." You're not human....The thing that looked like a man tilted its head and Jobe barked at it."Ah," the thing said, its mouth moved for the first time. "My apologies. You are not distressed." I've been looking for answers my entire life. Are you the answer?" Scott said."We are."His mind went blank. What was he supposed to do now?"We appreciate your – flexibility," the. .. He said a group of people from the various departments were getting together for a mixer after work and wanted to invite me. I knew that Robbie wouldn’t be home til after midnight so I thought why not. I knew most everyone that would be there. It was at The Bistro, an upscale bar and grill. When I arrived, I saw my coworkers in a group in a back area of the bar. Joey saw me and immediately started my way. He took me by the hand and introduced me to a few employees I didn’t know. I knew. Capturing another world’s ship and coming here, pretending to seek help, they could readily draw near enough to launch a successful attack.”“That won’t occur before we deliver our ultimatum, which they’ll either accept or reject. Hiding in the shadows like scared kittens doesn’t project confidence and indicates we’re easily intimidated. Letting them know we’re ready for one and all, afraid of no one, speaks volumes about our success. Plus, I want to butter up our involuntary visitors. Gurrstlk. I paid up, and staggered back to us table with nine pints and a packet of pork scratchings.Sandra the barmaid came over to flash her tits, she made out she was collecting empties but you could see the ruby in her belly button down her cleavage, could have seen her vajazzle as well if she hadn’t put on a bit of weight recently.“What you do’in’ after lads?” she says, “Only we thought about a lock in if you’re up for it?”“Don’t know,” I says, “Washing me hair maybe, and there’s summat good on.