What kind of hybrid are you?”“We were genetically engineered by Dr. Fernandez. We were designed to perform all of his medical duties when he was e...xperimenting with human abductees.”“Dr. Fernandez is our family physician,” I informed him.“Dr. Fernandez made us humanoid to appease the human abductees.”“Why is he abducting humans when the Reptilians have an agreement with the humans to do that?”“We don’t know. Our brains are programmed to obey him and no one else.”“But you obeyed my granddad and. ." Between the news and your graduation and just everything, you don't know how to feel. You begin to sob lightly as your mother rubs your back."Shhh. It's ok baby. Mommy's here. I'm not going to let anything ruin your graduation. You've earned it." She breaks the hug and dries your eyes with a tissue she retrieves from her purse. She takes your chin in her hand and pulls your gaze to hers. "I'll always be there for you, no matter what. If Chris wants a piece of my baby boy, he'll have to come. It is a big mess."In a way I wasn't too surprised that Mikey was doing this to me. Heknew he had a big advantage over me and that I couldn't really fighthim back. Resigned to my fate, I simply turned and walked away. After Ichanged out of my Mount Saint Mary's uniform, I knew I had to startcleaning out his room before I started dinner for us. As I opened thedoor to his room I was shocked at the mess. He had clothing all overthe floor, dirty dishes and empty soda bottles were strewn about. Nothing with less than a twelve-inch diameter would be useful for lumber anyway, so the first few days was like cutting firewood and since firewood would be needed badly we concentrated on that job.Of course they were all familiar with gathering firewood their way and with modern things I supplied they could do a good job of cutting up and stacking small wood. Splitting larger trees wasn't part of their repertoire.After I gave a short demonstration of the use and delights of the crosscut hand.