Manjula’s irritation was gone; she had a warm smile on her face. “Chadyanna.”“Ninga chadyanna alahanna,” he said. You are very beautiful.“...hank you,” she said. He hoped to press the point further, but she moved on.Enakka cutherica virappamillai. I don’t like eggplant. Enakka puttu virappam. I like puttu.“What I would not give for puttu right now,” she sighed dreamily. “I have not had any in weeks. Even rice is hard to get around here.”In Toronto, there were any number of Sri Lankan restaurants. As I drove up to the house I wondered who lived here. Maybe it was a celebrity after all. Probably some old shipping tycoon or something, more likely I thought to myself.After about ten minutes of waiting out front, the front door of the mansion opened. Out walked three girls dressed in fancy clothes as if for a night on the town. I had been relaxing in the front seat of the limousine with the radio on, sort of drifting off into space. As I stared out the limousine window at the three women. Debris and Moldeg bodies floated away in scattering clouds.Messages were sent to the planet below. Soon the surviving Kadork were giving profound thanks that they had been saved. We stayed an hour while the queens many light years away surveyed the devastation through Harriet's sensors. Queen Dess promised assistance. Eight ships stayed for the relief effort, and I took the remaining four to the next battle.These four ships carried a limited number of temporal missiles, so this next fight would. But with four of the women gone, you won't get treated with all of the cute nightwear they usually wear."Deanne headed back into the house saying, "I'll be right back, I'll be a lot more comfortable in shorts and top."Glenda was talkative this morning, "You guys were all up late last night. I saw you on the patio with Shawna, Debbie, Deanne, Tiny, Phil, Ruth, and Judy. It looked like you guys had just gotten back from the hot tub." The girls came over about the time Sue called. She told them to.