[b]“Yeah, I think I can,”[/b] Cassie said as she stood up. [b]“If I'm correct there was a breaker in the room with the generator. I was thinking about turning them off in here anyway. It's kind of hard to sleep with the lights on, you know?”[/b] She walked to the door and nodded for him to follow. [b]“Come on, I'm going to show you where it’s all at. Wouldn't hurt in case I need you to turn it back on Mr. I Can See Better In the Dark.”[/b]

“Hey, you can blame genetics for that,” Serix rolled his eyes and hopped out of the bed to follow Cassie into the hallway. “Besides, you’re half-Lunairan. You might have the same type of vision as I do. We still haven’t formally tested that theory yet.” He let her lead him down the hallway until they reached a room with a large power-generator. Cassie showed him a covered box on the wall. The inside was full of switches, each one labeled for a different room. Cassie flipped one of them to turn off the lights in the bedroom and turned back to him.

[b]“Well, now that is taken care of,”[/b] she said, walking past him to head back down the hallway. [b]“Let's go get some sleep like you suggested. Tomorrow we'll see how well you can shoot that gun.”[/b]

Serix narrowed his eyes slightly at her tone. She almost sounded like she was mocking him, but he couldn’t figure out why. She was leaving something out. Was there some hidden trick to the guns that he didn’t know about? Somehow her smugness made him feel like he was missing a huge detail about the weapons. He might have made a mistake in his cocky assumption that they were the same as Lunairan technology.

When they reached the bedroom, Serix found that it was completely dark. He found his bed and sat down on the edge, blinking as his eyes adjusted to the lack of light. After a few moments, he could see dimly again, so he glanced across the room at Cassie. She was already lying down again in her own bed. He did the same, propping his head on one arm as he lay down on his side.

[b]“Serix, I have a question,”[/b] Cassie spoke up.

“Hmm?” Serix responded lazily.

[b]“As a kid, did the Lunairans tell stories?”[/b] she asked. [b]“You know, like any types of stories? If they did, I'd really like to hear one.”[/b]

“We do,” he said. “But not in the same way as humans. Our stories aren’t told orally. We share them mentally by thoughts and feelings. It makes them more personal and easy to remember. For example: I bet you can still clearly remember both of the images I showed you of my home planet a few days ago. It’s the same with stories.” He paused to yawn, and then continued, “I suppose I could tell you one, but you won’t get the same effect as you would if I shared it telepathically. Do you still want me to try?”