Bilal was reading the journal that Carmella kept on Raj's progress. Under the heading YEAR FOUR she had just completed an entry. It was these entries that he reported back to his parents' once yearly and today was his final report before he would be summoned back to the Centaurians.

Bilal was quite a different being than he had been when he first appeared in human form. His beard was thick and his dreadlocks nearly as long as Carmella's although he mainly kept them knotted at ...