Chapter 11

"In our time was the normal second or two turn around." Vee was 'explaining' to Mother, "In Sol time it was 2500 years."

Gary hung his head.

"You have to understand, I don't need a watch and Gary had used his 'Emergency Only' maybe twice and the lesson book WAS a trifle vague ... so the planned 250 years got a little long,"

Vee hesitated overlong and mother made that circular hand motion that tells one to get a move on.

"The place was inhabited."

When mother laughs ... it's a fairly big deal. Surprises become very rare when one is more than one hundred forty thousand plus years old ... been there ... done that ... this was a new development.

When she got herself under control she asked, "Who?"

"Little green men with pointy chins and big eyes," Vee said.

"UFO?"

"Yup. Long fingers ... three of 'em and an opposable thumb. Huge braincase ... except ... they're so little their heads aren't any bigger than mine. Maybe a couple of hundred years farther along the development chain, if you consider how far we've come since 1903." Vee continued, "They were put out that the planet was a construct since it was exactly what they needed as a spy hideout."