...ok?........Oh, yes, fine, I'm sorry about earlier." I shrugged off her apology, I was no longer concerned about that. She had always been my favo...rite teacher and I hated to see her upset. "Really, you seem kind of distracted and unhappy, are you sure everything is ok?" I pressed.She hesitated and said "Things could be better at home but I shouldn't really be talking about it with you."I don't know what kept me going but I persisted. "Well, you've always been a great teacher for me. And. This fact was of another significance associated to the statue. Eight thousand meters behind the statue was a mountain range and one of the rugged mountains had a hole in it. Twice a day the sun would perfectly align with that hole and send a beam of sunlight aimed exactly at the color segmented circle. A circle of colored light appeared on the smooth metal surface before the statue.There was nothing else, no inscriptions. The Ruins found after an excavation around the alien monument turned out. I pick it up and fondle it. The crystal upon its top glistened brightly and projects candle light all around the darkened room.You cough that's when I see you dimly lit, alone as the men took all the younger women. You wear a big dress but the corseted upper shows off your figure. Normally I am not interested in the captured women. But you caught my eye. Your hair a mess and your clothes torn. I approach you briskly still carrying the sceptre but rather than cower. You look up at me and smile.. But I put that thought to the back of my mind and sat down in my chair without looking at her. She bent down to pick up her clothes but I was too quick. "I'll keep this!" I said, taking hold of her dress. Abi looked like she was about to cry again. I didn't know if that was the rejection or the thought of being exposed at her desk, for anyone to walk in and see. "You can have it back when the report is finished!" I said cheekily. She didn't respond. She just took the paper with all my red marks.