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An hour later, it was nighttime on Earth where Riley had chosen to go. There was one little bar out in the middle of nowhere that he frequented. It was dark, smokey and people didn’t ask many questions. Here, he could drink all the beer he wanted for the next month. He’d made that deal [...]
“Not exactly the place I ever envisioned finding you.” Riley turned at the voice, arching an eyebrow upward inquisitively. Was he talking to him? A man had sat down next to him on the curve of the bar just a few moments before. He had not ordered anything yet. “Hmmm?” Riley looked him over suspiciously. [...]
“Who are you?” Riley hissed between clenched teeth. “My name isn’t important.” Victor pulled a small handful of photographs from his pocket and offered them to Riley, “I’d just like to ask you some questions about these.” Victor was keeping his voice as calm as possible, despite his excitement at actually talking to an alien. [...]
“Victor Reid.” “Reid?” Riley repeated the name slowly. He stared hard at the human and checked it against several mental images he had seen in passing while skimming Chel’s relay. THIS was Chel’s FATHER! It wasn’t that difficult to come to that conclusion. He also smelled faintly like her. ‘This should be entertaining.’ Riley mused [...]
“Really now?” Victor shifted in his seat, sliding one hand under his coat. “We happen to have come across a few samples of blood that contained human DNA.” “That explanation would take a long time.” Riley leaned back in his chair, balancing it on the back legs. “Let’s just say he is genetically human, but [...]
