Thus did John Knight first encounter the woman he was to marry.

"You really must learn to use this," John Knight said.

John Knight tried putting his hands out, to brace himself against the floor.

John Knight froze in the act of checking his laser pistol.

Would John Knight see it and raise that terrible weapon now?

John Knight moved on to an unknown and perhaps unknowable destination.

John Knight, after all, had come from a distant frame where they called the world "Earth."

That had been most useful in the case of the mortal John Knight.

Could he, John Knight, stand by and allow that to happen?

John Knight had been a real leader then.

Thus did John Knight first encounter the woman he was to marry.

"You really must learn to use this," John Knight said.

John Knight tried putting his hands out, to brace himself against the floor.

John Knight froze in the act of checking his laser pistol.

Would John Knight see it and raise that terrible weapon now?

John Knight moved on to an unknown and perhaps unknowable destination.

John Knight, after all, had come from a distant frame where they called the world "Earth."

That had been most useful in the case of the mortal John Knight.

Could he, John Knight, stand by and allow that to happen?

John Knight had been a real leader then.