See, I was already learning how to be a bigwig!In the same stack of mail was a letter from Joe Alfred with a list of men who were being nominated as d...eputy sheriffs. Now, there was something I was interested in! I sat down and studied the list, right then. I actually recognized two of the names, so this wasn't going to be as hard as I had feared. I was going to visit every one of these gentlemen in the next few months to see if they really were the type of men I wanted on my staff. The budget. The next leg of the marathon had begun, and involved the airing of another classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1956 version. I hadn’t seen the film for years, and had forgotten how genuinely chilling it was. The fact that it was in black and white somehow enhanced the film’s overall creepiness quotient and that, combined with the fact that I was pretty much alone in the building, and for that matter pretty much alone on the campus, began to make me feel genuinely edgy. It was. ..So David, tell me, is it true that you've sucked the dicks of all the guys on the track team...' Startled I looked at him as he stood by my side and stuttered '...who told you something like that...' Terrance placed his hand on my shoulder and said '...I'm not accusing you or saying it's a bad thing. I just wanted to know for sure...' I started to gather up my books as Terrance stopped me, Terrance stood behind me and sort of pressed me against the dinning room table saying '...come on David. I was born in the year 1387." What's that in Earth years?" Twenty Aina years are 15.6 Earth years. My birth date in Earth-time is June 16, 1994, if that helps..." Yes it does. Thanks! Gosh Mayoni, I'm sorry we didn't meet more often. What is this, your third trip to Earth?" Ha! No, my tenth! I worked many times on the first-contact and portage teams, during Jumpstart. Our schedules here just never lined up... Uh, Uncle Leon?" Yeah?" There's something I am honor bound to tell you. Father's.
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