What was called pre-production was pretty much done, and we were finishing the casting stage now. We had a casting director, and Leah and I tagged alo...g to a few of the 'cattle calls', me just to see what it was like, Leah because she had a certain criteria she wanted met for the leads.I was amazed at the first two. It was open auditions, and the crowds were tremendous. We'd decided to pretty much cast in country, maybe bring in a few better known character actors, but the bulk would be fresh. "Yes," Leah said. "You know, a knit hat, rolled up a couple of times at the bottom so it sits behind the ears." How about a ski mask instead of a watch cap?" Greg said.Leah frowned. "Maybe." She hesitated. "They have a similar look to them, and in the dark..." She swallowed. "Yes, it could have been a ski mask as easily as it could have been a watch cap." Her eyes drifted shut again. "His hands were weird, whiter than his face, but that could have been caused by the lighting from the street. The Brazilian deal came after I got another few billion.“After you mentioned about asking the bugs for simple medical tech I spoke to them. They have their own research interests that include in human and animal medical research and believed that they could more easily hook a new alien technology into one of those companies than in any other way.“The food thing has become my pride and joy and I wanted to concentrate on it. I did speak at length with your grandfather, your mother’s grandfather. I overheard one of their arguments one evening. She was sobbing and screamed ‘How can you say that about me? You are the man I love. You are the only man to ever be inside of me.’ ‘Too many of the people there are claiming they have heard about your playing around. I can’t live with another whore for a wife.’ ‘Whore? How dare you call me that? Has anyone ever told you that they have had me? You know we both have herpes thanks to your ex-wife. Every one of them would have herpes. Explain to me.