"Who else is going to take care of the people working on this flora issue?"
"Very true," she replied. "I've heard that some of the flora can be toxic. Someone may have to develop anti-toxins."
With the boys near them, they all got to see the Skewer sharks. Never had she seen wild ocean life anywhere. She was astounded. Benjen dropped his pirate act and got close to his mother.
"Mom!" he exclaimed while pointing, "Look!"
She smiled, talking into his ear, "Amazing!" Then she joked to him, "Be careful it doesn't eat you." She then grabbed him and gave him a tickle before they returned to looking at the sea life.
She then looked to Erik and merely gave a smile of approval.
While she watched, she thought back to Gran Canaria and a couple of the wild life tours she took of what was still a wild planet. Some of the life was rarely seen and beautiful. In a way, it reminded her of Yuma in that it was all so new and relatively unexplored. It was also a bit reminiscent of the mountains of Hamburg.....to see some of the rare life, one had to climb to find it. For now though, she enjoyed the moment with Ben, Peter and Erik.
