Ari stepped back and monitored the conversation between Dok, Simmons and the alien, Mackar.  While he seemed fairly harmless, so did many things that proved to be dangerous, like a piece of plastic explosive didn't look all that bad if you didn't know what it was.  Keeping that in mind, she armed herself with a stunner.  No sense being totally defenseless.<em>Weird though, that in such a beautiful world, there was no one else around.</em><br/><br/>Smiling softly, she followed the men, snapping pictures when she could.   When they came upon the ruins, a sense of overwhelming loss came over Ari.  Like something wonderful and precious had been there at one time, but all connected to it now gone forever.<br/><br/>Following Taylor's line of questioning, Ari asked too,<strong> "Whom did they belong too?  The ruins</strong>?  The loss she was feeling evident on her face.