"You've got that twisted," Cal said. "We didn't...."
The mayor took Cal's elbow and turned him toward the cameras.
"You were in space for four years, weren't you Captain Galus?"
"Yes, we were. But it wasn't...."
"Space!" the mayor gushed. "Limitless space. The first men to land on Earth."
Again the cries of the crowd split the night.
"Across the stretches of sky," the mayor continued. "Across the unchartered wilderness above, across the...."
There were banquets and more banquets, and women of every size and shape. The city of New Calleth went all out to welcome the space travellers. Bobby Galus and Gary Dale.
At the end of a week of festivity, the mayor came to Cal and Dave.