His body will be burned beyond recognition; our medical departmentwill aid in the identification of the remains," explained Nils."I know it's somethin...g that we have to do, but I still have issuesabout doing this," said Thomas."This is bigger than all of us; it's necessary for the continuationof our race, son," said Nils. "I wish there was another way."Thomas looked up at the chrysalis containing Joyce. "I know, but thatstill doesn't make it any better." Son, Joyce is an excellent candidate, and. I tell her to stop worrying.”“Well, when she gets in this afternoon, maybe we can talk.”We talked. Carlie swears that her grandma was on a fixed income, but gave up as much identity information as she had.“Let me do a little digging.”That evening, we’re sitting in the living room.“Homework ... it’s mostly rote, you know.”“Repetition helps learning,” I said.“But when you already know, it’s just painful.”“What’re you doing?”“Algebra.”“Horrible stuff.”“How many times do I have to factor. Hoping to get a glimpse of his mom in her nighty, or maybe something better then that. We chilled out for about an hour, then his mom got up and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth. She was in their for about another hour, then i heard the door open, and shut, "goodnight guys, don't play games all night." We were playing halo like mother fuckers on crack. Funnest, game, ever by the way. So about 4 hours later, after a Halo 3 jam session, my friend decided to go to sleep. he settled into. I look down as I feel the sensation of itchy wool. Oh yes, the sweater that Julia made for me. It was a snowman. Yes, it was Christmas, of course, and our Anniversary. I can see the snow drifting in the windows above the fireplace, the light leaking from my home to illuminate the surface of scintillatingly bright snow, smooth, and pure. I had already salted my drivewalk, luckily. There would be no need to go outside to shovel snow when Julia got home. She worked very hard at her art gallery..