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Before she can say anything, I get out of the air-sled and pull outmy best to seem busy

Lucy doesn't coh She watches hs, and then heads inside her house as I begin to scan the premises The nervous sweat on my body fades as she walks away, and I want to kick myself Why can't I talk to her like a norue-tied when she shows up? She doesn't hate me She must not She bakes for ularly to talk to us We've never asked her to do any of it

I wish I could be certain if it ularly because she wants to talk toaround her…but I know that's not true All of the hu we received stressed that huhtened creatures While this doesn't exactly fit what I know of Lucy, I suspect I a in this matter She would never look at a mesakkah—one of the alien races that have enslaved her people—as a potential suitor

Especially not a male like , but I'm also so solidly built that this will not be in my favor My size will just terrify her even more, and so I must tread carefully

I pass by the house as I continue to scan the grounds,for strands of DNA I filter out the results, re any human traces, and watch the screen as it processes the inforlance over at the house Lucy is inside, in the kitchen, chopping soe knife She looks frustrated, a frown on her pretty face as she works, and lances over at me

She smiles, too, but there is confusion on her face

Kefto startle her "Almost done I just need to check the barn"

"Oh, okay You can come in if you like?"

And intiested it would only frighten the humans more "No, I do not want"

"I see"

"I a for the barn