" I can see how that would be hard." It took my culture as a complete surprise to learn that there were species that could deceive one another. It was... a concept so alien that we studied the phenomena for many thousands of years." So how many worlds have been explored, that you have data on?" I have data on 1,756,542 worlds stored in my data banks. Of those, by my definition, over half have complex life, and over seven hundred thousand have intelligent life. Only 357 advanced civilizations have. " I believe that circumstances..." Jeff began to deny yet again that he was anything special."You, your team and I would still be in my birth place under that mountain, if you were not a Prime. Unless you dictate it, I can not be commanded by anyone else. Even then, it would be a shallow command at best. We have already discussed those circumstances."Obviously, you are not the Prime I had been waiting for, but just as obviously, he was not coming. Because of that, I was able to accept you as my. Louise stormed in, paused when she saw her mother's face, and for a second it almost seemed as if she was going to say, sorry but all she actually did was to snarl at me, "You still here? Haven't you a home to go to?" To her mother she said, "If you had anything to do with my credit card being cancelled you'll really pay for it bitch." I waited for another explosion of her temper when she went into her bedroom. At least this time I would be on hand to protect May.LouiseIn the back of my mind I. ‘The girls seem genially here for pure, unadulterated fun. If we let the adversarial instincts meddle with their fun, they might in turn ruin ours. So it’s best we should behave like our jolly selves and give them an olive branch.’ Pam thought for a moment, scratching her pointing chin and tapping her French polished nails on the coffee table. ‘Sister Kendra, Sister Rosa, you have made a valid point. The college adversarial sorority is for school participation only. Outside our university is.