For as far as we could see, there was nothing but perfectly flat ground relative to the wall of the Dyson shell. It was flat enough to make a billiard... table jealous! There were no hills or rocks projecting above the surface of the ground. The 100 g gravity had smashed those things long ago to not even memories. There were no plants or animals anywhere except right at the edge of the gravity zone where a few animals had wandered over the line onto the desert that Ceefour had become.Well, there. R: You are not handsome or good looking. I noticed your game.S: I was shocked and she read my face.R: I could have been more polite… but that’s the truthS: that’s ok (hesitantly.. I was thinking, how the hell she can talk like that.. )We were chatting about her suburb, local traffic changes… It was time for her to leave as her son’s training was over. She took my number and told thanks for the chat. He came over and met me and they both then left.That night I was searching facebook for her. I smiled as she arrived, windblown and panting, looking for somewhere to park her bicycle. She shunned our frontage and left it across the road. Not at all like my usual customers. Lucky Robert, I thought. She came in at a rush, suddenly lost in the relative gloom of the shop interior. She was almost in my arms before she saw me and I couldn't resist kissing her. Her face was glowing with excitement. I took her into the office - the shop seemed a bit unsuited to her innocent energy. She sat. As she walked onto her street she pressed the speed dial on her mobile for her home phone number, pressed the button with the picture of a little green phone and waited for her mother to answer."Hello, Julie Thompson."Vikki stood at the fence next to the Bingham's driveway and watched as a couple and their young son and daughter approached from the other side of the Tanner's front yard. "Mum it's Vikki, I need you to do me a favour." Of course honey, but where are you, what are you doing? I.