I even started wondering if my old pal Zack and his gang ever found their way off Earth before it was attacked and, if they did, would they be up for ...a little visit to reminisce about the old days and maybe help me out a little bit.My popularity had become so universal that I probably couldn’t go anywhere on any planet without being recognized. I was treated like a king most of the time.While the inhabitants of all the other planets seemed to worship the ground I walked on, the people of Earth. However ... he didn't learn squat. Chuck just treated it like a model or puzzle, following the instructions to get the thing to work with no actually understanding of the underlying concepts. The same was true here: after a week and a half, he was getting a good idea of what did what, but with no idea why.For now, he had no problem with that.Feeling a twinge, Chuck gave a tired groan and rotated his shoulders. He needed a break. Looking over at his companion, he shook his head."You're tiring me. A wall so high that Laura hardly knew the people in that property. All these mansion style residences were spaced along one side of the lane, and across from her garden a low hedge bordered open fields. The garden was shut off from the lane by a high, barred metal fence, with the bars spaced just close enough to ensure Pipsi could not squeeze out.The geraniums were flowering a gorgeous red right up to the fence. Laura knelt and began trowelling out offending dandelions and chickweed. She didn’t. Have your lawyers contact our lawyers if you want to appeal, Gus. I want you clearing your stuff out of this building before five o'clock. I'll be leaving now, to go see if I can find Tony. I hope the next time I see you, it will be in a criminal courtroom."The meeting with Tony was a lot shorter. Gus had already called to warn him. He blustered about suing me for slander, but he stopped talking when I told him I'd be spending up to a million dollars of my own money, to dig into every financial.