It was time to proceed to the board room. Frank and the rest of the hunting party were there now, waiting in the audience along with the press and the TV people. Allen's two telepathic friends had also arrived: Sheila and Rita. They were waiting in the corner, just off stage, to help with translation if necessary. The troop of security men escorted the Ehesti on to the stage. On the way, they passed by Sheila and Rita. Beem smiled at them as he walked past and said in an attempt to be funny. Are you what, they call "ladies of the evening?" Sheila heard him clearer than Rita and she reacted by hitting him with her purse. Beem was shocked. That was not what he expected from his joke.

As they stepped up to the podium, Allen gave a brief introduction. This is Bo, Beem and Beenan. Beenan will be the spokesman for all of them. Lights were flashing from personal flash cameras. Movie cameras were humming. Stage hands were busy moving the bright TV lights into place. The hustle and bustle finally stopped. Allen sent the sound boom out to a reporter for the first question.                                                                                   

Who are you and where do you come from? We call ourselves Ehesti, replied Beenan. We are from the world we call Balenn. Where is this world, called Balenn? Balenn is not a physical planet like those in your galaxy. We live in, not on, our world. To the human eye, our world would seem semi-transparent. We have an energy source similar to your sun, but without the same light spectrum. Our world refracts the energy from our sun and redistributes it to other smaller worlds in our system, We are thousands of years ahead of your time frame, but closer in space. We occupy a space outside physical properties. Imagine if you will, a time way in the future, when all the galaxies have been explored and everyone knows everyone else. Your new frontier would then be in search of life outside the physical. There you will discover Balenn and the crystalline system. In terms of space occupied, we are quite close to earth. We have been coming here longer then your race has occupied this planet.

Allen swung the microphone boom over a few feet for the next question. Are you captured or did you come here willingly? We came here willingly, sort of. We went through the motions of being captured because it was the easiest way of presenting ourselves to you. The Sasquatch Hunting Party began to mumble. They were sure they had captured the Sasquatch. My friends will give you a demonstration, said Beenan. Bo and Beem transposed themselves into the crowd for two seconds and then over by the door and finally back on the stage. I will bet you could not do that when under our induction net, said one of the hunters. Later, said Beenan, we will show you the effectiveness of your net. Why do you look like Sasquatch, asked another hunter? The Sasquatch form you refer to, is far more prevalent in the universe than your own forms. This form is chosen for many reasons. First of all the three of us are what you would call middle aged. In your time, we are approximately 16,000 years old. We have the power to manipulate atoms and molecules to create or transform many shapes.

Beenan laid himself down flat on his back at the front of the stage where everyone could see. He seemed to fall asleep. From his body rose a semi-transparent entity with a bluish tint. He expanded this form until it looked like a huge jellyfish covering the entire board room. Everyone was astonished including Beem. He had no idea Beenan was going to do this, Beenan asked them telepathically to join in the demonstration. Bo and Beem both lay beside Beenan and rose up to join in the demonstration. They expanded to the same shape as Beenan, but with a slightly different color tint. Bo was slightly yellow and Beem slightly green. The concentration of the three forms one on top of the other combined with the incandescent lights in the room produced a light show extravaganza, covering the entire room. They stayed like that for a few minutes to let the cameras get a good picture. They inter-mingled their Ehesti forms until you couldn't distinguish them anymore. Their colors were alive like thousands of tiny twinkling colored lights. They zipped back into their bodies in an instant. In so doing, it produced a sound like salt falling on a metal roof. All of the twinkling tiny lights seemed to funnel back to the Ehesti bodies. They all stood up. Everyone clapped. The camera men were quick enough that they got it all on film.

After the clapping and murmuring stopped, Beenan stepped up to the podium. I will continue about this Sasquatch form if you like. Because we can produce these physical bodies at will, we have no need for children. Many of you are wondering why no Sasquatch children are ever seen. That is why we have no need to reproduce the way you do. Consequently, we have no sex organs, as you do, in case you hadn't noticed. The crowd chuckled. We are able to convert almost 100% of what we eat into energy. We pass all liquid wastes out through our skin pores. Our solid waste is dumped maybe once a week, if at all. These bodies produce very little waste. We do not need to eat, to live, like you do. We enjoy the taste of your high mountain vegetation and eat if for pleasure only. We stay in the mountains mostly because it is the most private place on this planet. We do not wish to disturb the life balance on the planets we visit, so we stay out of the way. As I said before, there are far more life forms using this type of body in the galaxy, then those who look like you.

The reporters were jotting down notes as fast as they could write, What a story! This was without a doubt, the scoop of a life time. Beenan paused, waiting for more questions. Everyone was talking at once. Some even left the room at the risk of missing something more to get this story to their publishers.

Anymore questions, Beenan asked? Would your method of reproduction be similar to what we call "cloning" asked one reporter? In a very crude way, yes, replied Beenan. We do it in seconds, where as your cloning procedure takes weeks and months. We can also de-clone. That is we can disperse back into molecule form and reshape as we wish. Could you teach us how to do some of these things, asked the same reporter? Over the next while, we will attempt to do just that, said Allen. But not tonight.

From up close we can see a red dot in the centre of your eye. What is that, asked another reporter? Our eyes have the capacity to see minute details from close up as well as from far away. The red dot is a light acceptance control, that changes when we look far away. We have the long distance sight capacity, as some of your birds of prey. When we use this long distance sight, the red dot enlarges. You can tell how far away we are looking by the size of the red dot. That is another advantage to using this form over human form. You can see as far as we can, but you need hardware to do it.

The girls were back in the lab for the night shift. Hello Beem, Bo and Beenan they said, almost in harmony. We saw your interview. Very impressive! Are you guys tired or would you like to chat? I think by chat you mean ask us more questions and maybe for more demonstrations of our abilities, said Beem. Sarah thought for a minute and answered. You are correct. Sorry, that was selfish of us. Have a nice evening. We won't bother you. That's okay, said Bo. We can chat for a short while. Maybe we could ask you girls some questions? Sure, said Sarah, ask away. I have been trying to figure out why those two ladies hit Beem when he called them "ladies of the evening"? Many years ago, Sarah replied, those who took it upon themselves to make the laws for our society to follow, decided to make the sale of sex an illegal act. It was permissible to mate only if one was married. That moral law still exists in many parts of the world today, including Canada. To solicit one's body is punishable by a jail term and or a fine. The women who sell themselves are given many names like "tramp", "prostitute", "hooker", working girls and women of the evening. Beem calling them women of the evening, although we both know that he is innocent, infuriated them. They hit him in protest. Of course I should have realized that, said Bo. We are aware of a similar condition with other life forms, but I guess we never got that far into your language. Thank you for answering.

Now, I will try to answer a question from you and then I am going to retire with Beenan and Beem. Marie, you look like you are just busting to ask a question. Well yes, I guess, I am, she answered sheepishly. I was wondering, well, it is obvious that you cannot enjoy sex in those bodies without sex organs. What about in your own forms? The ones that you use on Balenn? Can you enjoy sex back there? Bo paused for a moment. First of all, sex, as you know it, is not the highest form of pleasure. In your mind it might be, but believe me when I say that sex is one of the milder forms of pleasure, compared to what is coming up in your future. I will not elaborate on this too long for now, because Beenan will be discussing it in one of his future interviews. The time of the "indigo child" is coming up. This will be the marriage or re-unity of the conscious and sub-conscious self. As in any marriage, life can become more enjoyable. All your physical activities will be heightened during and after that time, including pleasure. We have and we still do, take on forms that still have sex organs. We find that the driving force to reproduce can more often than not, divert your mind from it's primary objective. The meaning of statements, take on a whole new slant. Your generation and one or two after you, will maintain your pre-occupation with sex, but it will eventually slip back to its normal position in the back of your mind, not up front.

We on Balenn have "pass through". If you think sex is a pleasure, then pass through would be called super pleasure. We release the bond that holds our molecules in shape and let them float about loosely. We then combine our molecules with the molecules of others. By doing this, we not only enjoy the pleasure, but we also share each others thoughts and intentions. When we are "passing through" with long time friends or with what you call family, we combine our molecules to form the family sign, which we all agreed on earlier. This sign gives us an identity as a group. When projects are commissioned on Balenn, they are given to groups as well as individuals. I know it doesn't sound pleasurable to you because I am describing something humans haven't experienced yet, but pass through produces waves of joy among those of us who do it. Marie was flabbergasted. She did not know how to respond. Okay, said Bo, big day tomorrow, need rest, good-night girls. They waved.

What do you make of that Sarah, asked Marie? I will have to think about it for a while, she said. They both remained silent for a long while. It sure is something to look forward to, this "marriage" he talked about, said Sarah. I wonder how long it will take. Tune in again next week, sailed Marie. They both laughed. Do you think we should bother with keeping a log, now that we know they are not captive, asked Sarah? It seems sort of anti-climatic, but I think we should at least go through the motions, don't you, replied Marie. We had better log the conversation we had with Bo. That might be important for future reference. The girls had the tape recorder going during the entire conversation. They replayed it and made notes in shorthand, to use as written reference later.

Beenan, Beem and Bo were now sound- asleep. Even with the sound system on maximum amplification, it was difficult to hear them breathing. Marie dimmed the remaining lights in the lab. The girls pulled out their paperback novels from their purses, almost in unison. Do you suppose this might be connected with what Bo said, I mean, our both having the same thought about reading and acting on that thought at the same time, asked Marie? I've noticed we even speak in harmony sometimes, I know you think its all coincidence, but I think there is more to it than that. Maybe we are one spirit, sharing two bodies. Just another coincidence, replied Marie. Marie smiled a half smile and went back to reading her book.

The next morning, the Ehesti got up at sunrise, as was their custom. I am  feeling kind of claustrophobic in here, said Beem. The sights and sounds of the mountain tops seem terribly appealing right now. Do you suppose I could transpose myself up there for a while, he asked? You could of course, replied Beenan. Your disappearance might cause some talk, but if you come back before Allen gets back, you probably won't even be missed. Beem thought about it for a while. Be a little more patient, said Bo and I will go with you. How patient, asked Beem? Wait until after the next interview. That could be a week from now. No, I don't think so, said Beenan. I believe I have mastered the language enough to proceed today or tomorrow. After that, then maybe we can all go back. Okay, I'll wait, said Beem. He went to the food dispenser and ordered more rose hips. He was beginning to like them as much as the Mountain Avers, maybe even more. Well, what is on the agenda for today, asked Beem, while eating? New living quarters for one, said Bo. Maybe we will get a more natural surrounding. Natural surroundings in the city?, said Beem. You have got to be kidding. Let's just wait and see, said Beenan.

The girls were dozing in their comfortable chairs. Their pocket books were closed and on their laps. Should I wake them, asked Beem? Just as Bo was about to answer, Marie woke up. She looked around her and stretched at the same time. She glanced at her watch. It was only 5:30 a.m. She could see, through the glass that the Ehesti were already up. She whispered "good morning" hoping to not disturb slumbering Sarah. They weren't supposed to sleep on the job, but no one else would be around until later in the morning, so she might as well let Sarah enjoy her snooze. Too late. Sarah woke up too. She checked her watch immediately, thinking she overslept. It must be later then she thought, with everyone awake, except her. When she saw the time, it relaxed her again and she slumped back in her chair.

It was a bright red covered pocket book, about 20 millimeters thick. The cover picture was the skyline of New York City and the title of the book was "Did New York ever exist" It was science fiction, obviously, although Beem knew that the story could be non-fiction in another time zone. All that seems abnormal or science fiction to you Marie, is normal in another time and place. Can you picture New York existing in the past as well as the present simultaneously? If you can than it follows that all probabilities could also be alive. Your book tells of one probability that existed in the mind of the writer. If thought is not random, than the thoughts of the writer are not either, and his book simply tells of another reality which you have not experienced. It is good to expand your mind with these books. They stretch your imagination and expand your thoughts. All things begin with thought. There is nothing in this room including you that was not once only a thought. Control your thoughts and you control your destiny, he said.

What about a love story like this, asked Sarah? As she handed Beem her romance novel. Sarah had been ridiculed before about her reading of Romance novels, she expected some of the same from Beem. Beem glanced at the cover. He recognized the theme to be centered on the emotion of love, Beenan will have much to say about human emotion in one of his interviews, later I am sure, but I will try to give you my shortened version now. Your emotions are the main reason behind all that you do. Your pride makes you build bigger and better things. Hate also motivates you to do the same, only for different reasons. Joy is also a very strong motivating force. All the emotions originate from the main emotions of love. Pride is love of self. Joy is love of a situation. Hate is the reaction to love rejected. All emotions originate from love. To learn more about love, each as in this reading, he held tip the novel, is to learn more about the reasons for all that is. Beem smiled and returned Sarah's book to her. I don't believe this, said Sarah. Yesterday, you were just learning to speak and today you are a philosopher. Fantastic, she smiled.

Time for your morning coffee, said Marie, as she brought over a hot cup of coffee for Sarah. I would have made one for you too Beem, but I don't think you will want one. Thanks for the offer, but no¹ thanks. Bo came back in to the room. Hello again, Marie and Sarah. Did you have a good night? Don't tell anyone, but we kind of dozed off for a while, during the night, wide awake now though, said Marie. Bring one of your big chairs in and sit for a while, if you like. Is Beenan still asleep? No, he is still working on your language, said Bo, but I think he has just about absorbed all the information on air the screens. I don't think he will be any longer than a couple of hours.

A bell rang in Marie's head. She had hoped to get some pictures of the Sasquatch with her flash camera and luckily she remembered to bring it. Do you and Beem mind if I take your picture, she asked? Why not, said Bo. Would you like a pose? He did a hand stand. How is this, he grinned upside down. Great, she said, as she took two pictures in rapid succession. Beem made a cradle out of his arms. Sarah, why don't you let me hold you up for a picture? Sarah was hesitant, but then agreed. She was a bit frightened, sitting up in the air like that, but she managed to smile for the camera anyway. Beem put her down.

Sarah straightened herself out while Marie put her camera back in its case. Wait until my mother sees these photos, said Marie. She'll faint for sure. Marie wanted to ask Beem more questions, particularly about transposing, but she felt she would be imposing even more. Sarah and Marie had been told by their superiors that the Ehesti would be tired of answering questions. Beem was able to "listen in" to Marie's thoughts telepathically. He didn't want to admit to eavesdropping on her thoughts, so he decided to bring up the subject himself. I have a suggestion, said Beem. You girls have seen us use our molecular powers to move from one place to another, have you not? Yes, said Marie, last night at the interview. We did not demonstrate it, but anything that is inside our aura, when we transpose, can come with us, including live objects such as humans. Oh no, said Marie. I am not going to be a guinea pig. You can transpose Sarah, if you wish and I’ll watch, but I’m too chicken to try it. What about it Sarah, said Beem. Do you want to be transposed? What will happen, Sarah asked, and will it hurt? There is no pain involved, said Beem. I will simply stand close to you and in a flash you will be elsewhere. Where, elsewhere, she asked? How about over there about twenty feet away? Beem pointed to a spot next to the door. Have you done this with a human before, she asked? No, not me personally, but others from Balenn have. I have done it with people from a place we call "Prete" The Preteans are almost like humans. They breath oxygen like you do, but they are smaller than humans. Their gravity is very light so they are able to run at about thirty-five kilometers per hour. We have enjoyed visiting them for thousands of years. Many of them have transposed with us.

Transposing for you humans involves two stages. In the first stage, you must slip into what you call your astral body. There are many books out on astral traveling, but I will show you a short way. Put your body in the horizontal position, in a place where it will be safe, preferably your bed, at home, to start. Relax your muscles in succession slowly. Listen to the noises around you, feel the air on your skin, smell the air and look at what is within your vision, without moving your head. Now try to feel all your senses at once. Try to smell, feel, hear and see at the same time. This will expand your psyche. Now, close your eyes and imagine you are in total darkness, with no sign of light and no images anywhere. If shafts of light or images of any kind try to appear, you must reject them strongly. You must maintain total darkness. This is an exercise in thought control. By keeping it dark in your mind, allowing no thoughts, you are exercising your psychic ability to control your own mind. You will find that you have more than enough power to reject any thought that tries to enter your darkness. Maintain this total darkness state until the only image trying to get through is that of you lying on your bed asleep. When that image appears, allow it in and concentrate on it. Don't let any other images in along with it. Notice all the small details, like wrinkles in the skin, hair color etc. Move further away and look from a distance. You are now astral traveling. Try not to be frightened, once you get there. Fright will not necessarily return you to your body immediately, but it will take away from your enjoyment of the trip.

Remember there is nothing to fear. Your astral body is invulnerable. Your physical body can look after itself, as it does each night when you sleep. Don't pinch yourself to see if it's real. That will just snap you out of it. Accept the fact that you are astral traveling and enjoy it. Try to stay out as long as possible and be aware of all that you can. The speed at which you accomplish your projection depends entirely on your desire. If it seems to be taking weeks and months, yet you still can't do it, examine your fears and find out why you are holding back. You may have to deal with the influences of your religious upbringing. It may be your fear of being alone or fear of the unknown. Re-assure yourself that your fears are unfounded and try again. Your first attempt will be the hardest, but once you have astral traveled, if only for a second, each following attempt will be easier. After you have astral traveled five or ten times, where you are comfortable with everything, then you are ready for step two.

That must have been quite an experience Sarah? Where did you transpose to, Allen asked? At first, only twenty feet away and then to a mountain top near Mount Hobson, I think. I brought back a handful of grass, look. Allen examined the grass. This grass is obviously too thin to have come from around here. Weren't you scared, he asked? At first I was, she replied, but now I would call it fun.

We have got to get moving. Allen changed the subject quickly. He had his own fears to deal with and he was not ready to experiment yet. Where are we going, asked Bo? We have prepared new living accommodations for you in an estate overlooking the ocean where there are lots of flowers and trees. You can stay outdoors as long as you like over there. There is a fifteen foot concrete wall around the estate, but that will give you more privacy. I think you will like it. All the ceilings are ten feet high, so it should suit you guys quite well. I can't wait, said Beem. Being cooped up indoors is just not my cup of tea. We will miss you girls, said Beem. When you learn what we have taught you, we can see each other in the astral world as often as we like. Beenan could see that the girls were sad. He took Marie aside and whispered in her ear. I'm not quite sure what’s in store for us for the next few days. Allen has that all planned with some other professors. Rest assured that I will do something to get us back together again for a while, before we leave. He left to join Beem and Bo. They waved. Thank you all for a real experience, said Sarah, as she and Marie waved

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