Dad looked at me, "Haven't you seen the photographs she's taken? Candace is an excellent photographer pictures. She 's had pictures published in leading magazines. She has an excellent eye and has had her work exhibited in some first rate galleries. That was one of the things that first attracted me to her. I like to be able to see things through pictures the eyes of others.
I believed him, and I thought I could guess why he was telling me all this, but I had to ask anyway. "Thanks for giving me Bobbi and Claudia , but what does this have to do pictures with me?"
"That 's it. It's your decision now, just like it was mine 45 years ago. Become my successor and you'll receive all the benefits the aliens gave me. You 'll help improve the earth for all of us, and prepare us to face that war out there if it comes this way. Say no, and things will continue as they have been. You'll just go home and then on to MIT. I 'll even fix it so you can keep your relationship with the girls - with Claudia and Bobbi , if you want. I 'll erase all this from your memory. It 'll be like this landing and this conversation never happened."
I believed him, and I thought I could guess why he was telling me all this, but I had to ask anyway. "Thanks for giving me Bobbi and Claudia , but what does this have to do pictures with me?"
"That 's it. It's your decision now, just like it was mine 45 years ago. Become my successor and you'll receive all the benefits the aliens gave me. You 'll help improve the earth for all of us, and prepare us to face that war out there if it comes this way. Say no, and things will continue as they have been. You'll just go home and then on to MIT. I 'll even fix it so you can keep your relationship with the girls - with Claudia and Bobbi , if you want. I 'll erase all this from your memory. It 'll be like this landing and this conversation never happened."