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From: TracyFan4Ever Sent: 2/19/2006 7:08 PM

As Callie buckled her safety belt, her mind focused on the rescue at hand. This is so strange.

Tin-Tin noticed how quiet Callie was when she saw her staring out the windshield. "Callie, are you all right?"

She suddenly turned and said, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Tin-Tin, can I ask you a question?"

The young woman looked at Callie and said, "Sure."

"Whenever you go on a rescue, do you sometimes feel you don't really have anything to contribute?"

Tin-Tin shrugged. "I guess it depends on the actual mission. There are times I have been able to help with my own knowledge, and other times where I'm just along for the ride. Do you feel you're not really helping?"

"Yeah. I'm not really giving any expert knowledge in my field of study. It's almost like I'm hitching a ride."


"Don't worry. As long as you know the bigger picture, you'll definitely be needed."

Callie nodded and then said, "I was also thinking about why harems are still around in the year 2068."

"One thing that can never be changed five years from now or 500 years from now is tradition. Sheiks have had harems for centuries." Tin-Tin sighed. "In some cultures, women are still not permitted to do more than serve their spouses."

Shrugging her shoulders, Callie said, "I don't understand. In the past 60 years alone we've had five female German chancellors, two female presidents in Liberia, three female presidents in Chile, and two U.S. Presidents."

"I know, but some women are actually happy living in servitude. For many of them, they know nothing else."

"Maybe," Callie said, "but you'll never find me happy living as a slave." She shook her head to break this train of thought. "Well, enough of that. Better get myself mentally prepared for rescuing these women and their children. I hope they're all right."

Tin-Tin smiled. "So do I, Ursa. So do I."

Bracing herself by holding her seat handles tightly, Callie thought, I've flown through space and around the world, but I never thought I'd have to go into a sandstorm...



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