Darlene was quiet on the way home, listening to Joan speak about her new livestock. Somehow, the more Joan talked on and on, it all began to make sense to her. She’d never believed in non-terrestrial beings, but Joan made it all seem feasible. Joan somehow combined true science with the unimaginable, and Darlene almost wanted to believe all of it. She’d read enough about Native American shamans and the miraculous healing they’d done with no modern medicine, that she believed in her heart that somewhere there was another dimension in space accessible by certain people…those who had the belief and gift to see things others couldn’t. Joan’s explanation of things was somehow beginning to make sense. Darlene couldn’t imagine how anyone could make up something so fantastic…in such detail. The m

