You Want to Help Us?

Tammy shifts in her position, and for a moment the boy believes she may get up. She looks over her shoulder at the door, seemingly ready to leave. Her attention returns to the boy as it has time after time previously. Why not? Why doesn't it matter? She asks him. I've been called home permanently. My leaders believe we've gotten everything we can from this effort. But you disagree? The boy nods his head frustrated. He knows in the very depth of his being it's not true. There is so much more to learn from humans but these bureaucratic decisions were often made with little consideration for the science. If anything, it just made things worse before the missiles