I swim with them,” Betsy said.“I can’t swim all that well, and to tell the truth, I’d be scared to death to be around sharks,” Carl said.Bet...sy frowned upon hearing that. Trying to keep her disappointment out her voice, she said, “Not everyone like sharks.”“So what? You do. There’s nothing wrong with doing what you’re interested in doing,” Carl said with a negligent shrug of his shoulders.“That’s a good way to look at it,” Betsy said.“I’m into computers. A lot of people don’t like computers and. “Oh, come on, Ladies,” Jeff said as he came to his feet. Holding a hand out to help each of the girls up, he continued, “Let’s be reasonable. Whether you’re my wives or not, I’m your commanding officer. I need to know how competent the two of you are, because one of these days not too far in our future, probably, you are going to be doing this for real. It’s going to be my responsibility – with Ship’s assistance, of course – to choose who takes an interceptor into combat. I am not sending. I will disappear from the face of the earth. His mind reprimanded him. Nothing ever disappears. It just moves to a different place. It changes forms.Perhaps he would emerge in a new form, a different place. He would have a new life in a new world. He would have a new name; no longer would he be ... What was that name he’d had? He no longer remembered his birthright or the family that lived ... somewhere. He had been so many things and so many people. If only he could collect them all together.. But the tears started anyway when I saw the wreckage of the truck I had been driving smashed into a tree. I could still make out my company logo and hand-painted name on the crushed side door of the truck. I wasn't aware of possessing a new body at that moment. I was far too grateful to be alive!I felt uninjured, but rather strange at the same time. I assumed the clothing I felt constricted about my legs must have been the result of damage from the car accident. I did have trouble standing up,.