She should be in the holding area, ready to be assimilated. I’d prefer you stay with her, even though she’s not yet with body or conscious,” Ruth instructed. Stone departed soundlessly, with a nod to Gabriel on the way. “I’m going to check on George, and stop in to make sure the project team is on task. You don’t need me for this,” Ruth relayed and then she, too, exited soundlessly. “It’s time for this team to learn monitoring and guiding souls,” Saraceni began, “Gabriel, let’s start with your connectors. Wood?” Wood flipped on the two monitors again, but this time Lela and the Africa crew, in the cavern, appeared on the monitor on the right, and two unshaven, dirty men appeared on the monitor on the left. Gabriel watched for a moment, taking in the scenes. Lela was sleeping, as most in the cavern were. It looked to be late afternoon there, perhaps just prior to sunset. The unshaven man was punching away on a waterproof computer resting on his knees as he lay behind a rock in what appeared to be an environment out West, or at least somewhere very dry.
