Our journey begins with this impact like a meteorhitting a planet. While some planets explode and returnto comic dust, others remain intact. If weR...17;re lucky, wegestate in the safety and comfort of our mother’s wombunconcerned with daily life around us until we becometoo great a parasite to remain. We are expelled into the world kicking and screaming atour loss of security because now we’re immersed in astrange new place with over seven billion similarcreatures all looking for. I couldn’t shake the eroticism of the moment. As a last resort, I inhaled deeply, cleansing my mind of all distractions, trying to ignore all bodily sensations. How could I, at my age, lose myself in the pleasures of the body?“This is what you have been searching for, isn’t it, Professor Artemis?” whispered Carla in my ear. I felt her breath against my cheek and her lips brushing my ear.Then I saw the whole inscription on the tablet, the moment I’ve been waiting for:Follow the concubine to the. I didn’t even swear at the Old Sod when it rebelled against starting, wheezing into life with what now sounded like a burp.SIA STRETCHED OUT ON the second bed in Jasmin’s room. Jasmin was lucky to have such a large room. Her house was great, too. They even had a separate TV room with a huge screen TV!“You’re so lucky to have a house like this,” she told Jasmin.Jasmin rolled onto her side, propping her head up. “You’re the lucky one. You’ve got a dad. A really great dad.”“Yeah,” Sia agreed with. "No, I would really like to be alone," he said firmly."Okay, I'll get the rifle in the morning," I said.The Brit had the equipment to bore sight the rifle. He would project a laser through the bore and then focus the scope just above it. The distance above it would be the the amount of drop one would expect at thirty-five yards. There was a mathematical formula for it.It I shot the rifle at a target twenty yards away it would come in a little low, and if I shot at fifty yards it would be a.