Doolittle?" I guess you could say that. I feel like part of the animal kingdom and feel like they're a part of me." How about plants?" Not so much. Wh...at I get about plants is what I get from the animals. Plants are pretty important to them, either as food, shelter, someplace to hide. Trees can be a place to store food or a convenient place to lay out in the sun." So do the animals respect plant life any more than we do?" Not at all. The plants are there for them to use any way they can. If a. What Miklit was unaware of, because the two beings had not communicated more than perfunctory greetings to each other since entering the ship. Was that the Pilot had also been ripped from Home and Nest in the same manner it had and was suffering the same pangs of Home loss as the light years of separation mounted.Unfortunately for the not-so-dynamic-duo, even with the extra shielding in place, their passage through this region of space had not gone unnoticed.Unit ZZ-1340 of the Kroll Hive Mind. The only difference being: Ididn't want to mention it." Reasserting himself, John came right out and askedthe magician what was on his mind. "So, Magatrix, do youperhaps have something that you'd like to tell us? Or,should Nikki and I just assume that you weren't always thewoman you appear to be now?" "My, my, I must say that the two of you are veryperceptive. Would you believe that you're the first twopeople who have ever picked up on that, shall we say,rather telling idiosyncrasy of mine? Oh,. "Bring them up to my room, I'm going out at ten,so if you know what's good for you, you'll be quick about it. She turnedand left."Yes Miss Octavia." I bobbed a painful curtsey, picked up the clothesand went to the laundry room to start. Twenty minutes later I wasknocking on her door."Enter." I went in just as she was putting on a pair of stiletto heeledboots. "Oh, it's you, about time too, hang them in the wardrobe I amgoing to wear this one now anyway." Yes Miss Octavia." I curtseyed painfully.