Roger couldn't see behind him but he could feel the huge door closing him into the dark empty room. It hissed into its closed position. Two narrow track lights came on from overhead which showed the room was set up with a conference table and chairs. Not much else. Then from above, up near the track lights, a box looking like a video camera turned to point toward the opposite end of the conference table from Roger. Just when he figured the guy outside had put him at the wrong end of the table for the camera, the device began projecting a beam of what looked like multi-colored light. It sort of gradually poured into the chair and then quickly converged into the shape of a woman. Not just any women either. She looked like Cleopatra. Actually it was more like what Elizabeth Taylor looked like when she played Cleopatra. Stunning.

After a couple very long moments of motionless silence, the goddess came to life. Except you could see that she wasn't really real. The light beam was still attached to her like a spaghetti noodle and you could sort of see through her. Not like a ghost. Denser than that, but when Roger tried hard, he could make out the form of the chair she was sitting in. She introduced herself as Talisent and spoke with an air that told him she was in charge.

With the introductions and formalities out of the way, Roger knew it was time for the meat of the matter to get on the table. But he never could have imagined the conversation that followed:




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