I HAD to be dreaming or on some kind of hallucinogenic drugs ... Jack comes out with this diatribe on how the whole incest taboo is 'overblown.' Yeah,... right!Then we went to dinner and there we sat pretending everything was normal -- except Maureen and I are the only women decently dressed -- and that includes the black women, who appeared to belong to Jack, too. And there were three little black kids at the table and Jack said that the only reason the other women are dressed at all are to keep. I was at the mine less than an hour later. It was dark as pitch when I turned out the car’s lights. Pulling the plywood away from the pole was a breeze. Dragging Stuart through the space was harder. He was dead weight even though he wasn’t quite dead. Once in by the mine shaft I returned to his car for my snake rod, the razor knife, and a bottle of water I’d taken from his refrigerator. I poured the water over his face, reviving him. I cut and pulled the duct tape from his head and mouth. From humble beginnings, we are now a worldwide corporation with factories in seventeen countries. Noah arrived in the east end of London at the time that Jack the ripper was stalking the streets by night. No women were safe, especially the many prostitutes.He managed to rent a small somewhat dilapidated building in a backstreet. All around him was abject poverty. What struck him most of all was that very few of the tenements showed any lights after dark. Noah had enough basic materials to start. As promised I’ll address my concerns which will not only affect the Earth’s population but also you and your brethren here on Earth.”Natalia took a deep breath and blew it out again. She started to speak with a neutral yet soothing tone. “You are stuck on our planet for more than 700 years and you’ve survived it for this long but there is always a danger you will not survive.”Natalia deliberately stopped for a moment hoping she was correct.The voice was less sharp as it said, “Please continue.