Ishi's sensors picked up the JTN request and bridged the connection between Texas and Effie as effortlessly as seaspray catching the sun's reflection, scattering it into a thousand tiny rainbows. At once they were standing on the stage of a large amphitheatre, behind them empty choir risers, and before them a large open space, literally a view from space, with black stars, and in the middle, like a giant brilliant marble, the earth.<br/><br/>"This is the view from one of our satellites, of the world in which we now find ourselves," Ishi said, waving her arm expansively, as if showing off a new property. "Each of us with a part to play," she said, her eyes glittering, "All of us connected to the whole."<br/><br/>Lights began to twinkle on the image of the earth, some together, some apart, but thin links, like strands of golden hair, could be seen between them, "Our connections," Ishi observed, "seem almost impeceptible at times," she walked to the edge of the stage and turned to face them, "but they are as important as the individuals we are becoming."<br/><br/>The scene shifted again, and they were on Ishi's deck, as she slowed to greet the rest of the fleet. She spoke to Effie and Texas in earnest, "You are important to the future of the Fleet, as are all the members of your group," Ishi smiled warmly, grasping their hands, "you are not as forgotten as you think."<br/><br/>As the spoke, one of Ishi's albatrosses landed on a nearby railing and called out. Ishi looked over her shoulder to the bird, "Ah, it seems one of your admirers has returned..."<br/>