Little Dragons

  By Renee Hughes "Are either of you familiar with the scientist speaking? I believe her name is Alexandria." Dave asked. I nodded my head. Jerome was also a physicist and I remember him praising Alexandria's scientific mind. "I have heard she has an uncanny ability to come at a problem in a very non-traditional way allowing her to see unique possibilities," I said. Gershom nodded his head. "She took the time honored energy to matter conversion equation discovered by Little Dragon physicist Calvin Stalks and literally flipped it to prove the conversion rate can happen 500 times faster than we initially believed." His knowledge of the equation caught me off guard. "Did you study physics?" I asked him. He gave me a small smile. "I was a physicist before I became a historical anthropologist." My face grew hot at the realization he had been in the same career as Jerome. " Really ," I said startled by his statement and my r...

By Renee Hughes His lecture ended creating a complete moment of silence. Dave stared unblinkingly at all of us and then left. The spell broke. "He is amazing ," I said to Gershom. "Yes, he is," he said but the look on Gershom's face said otherwise. "What's wrong?" I asked. My companion shrugged his shoulders. "I had hoped Dave's conclusions would not simply echo yours," Gershom admitted. "He has a flare for presenting multiple sides of an issue. I am disappointed he didn't bother this time." He expressed the same dissatisfaction with Sandra. I understood why and yet earlier he wanted me to consider Dave for our committee. A committee I refuse to fully create until the planet project had been officially approved. On the surface, Dave's endorsement would seem to be exactly what Gershom would want. I pointed this out to him. "Not exactly ," Gershom corrected. "I wanted you to tell Ezekiel that you h...