James’s father:


    James and Rebecca:


    Pink and Blue: Rejoining the normal human condition


    to the normal human condition."


    The premiers:


    Pink and the others: Soon to be homeless


    two check points on this crossing. One either side. What a waste of effort." said Blue.


    Pink and Friends:


    Earth Watch Prime:


    Damn said Earth Watch Prime to himself. Or whatever the equivalent mental gesture was for a member of an alien data species.


    This might be getting complicated.


    Blue and James:


    Jeffery: How are they aware of all of that?


    And there goes another of those strange gaps in conversation.


    The news gets out:


    immediately! Martha was as one with Rebecca''s parents; her anger was white hot and could have melted rock into lava all by itself. Sadly, she didn''t have any contacts to work. Molly, however, did have contacts. Lots of them. She began to carefully consider who might be the most useful. All of this was only fifteen minutes after the kidnapping itself.


    Jeffery:


    So Pink, Rebecca, and Teresa have been kidnapped, probably by some semi official but secret authority.


    Now what''s Blue doing going out tonight - say didn''t James say he was getting ready for something?


    Blue and James, being driven somewhere in a police car. Must be something to do with the kidnapping, but what?"


    Earth Watch Prime:


    James:


    I''m doing all of this, and I haven''t even kissed Rebecca yet! Oh well, Horatio, can you calm me down?


    Janet and Charlie: Having a little philosophical discussion