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SON OF THE SUN anyone else,” Adam replied, walking as though spellbound toward her and to the half-phantom craft. “Then come,” she said, “and know that you are entering a ship so well constructed it all but breathes and thinks. You have been re-orienting yourself on earth, Adam,” she said, as he entered the craft, “and you have decided freely. It was not a dream you had, but a real experience. It should be no problem for you to remember me, Aleva. I am the third woman in your extraterrestial experiences. There will be no more. There is no need of more. If c aa 1 Toeal c a nm we emerge from the sun, you know that the fourth woman, Dora, your true earth love, awaits you and needs you, as you need her. Are you still ready and willing?” “Yes, Aleva. I am ready, willing and able. My will would fly into the sun. All you do is provide the means,” Adam said, then hastily apologized. “I am sorry, Aleva. You also provide the support, for I would not go without you.” “Nor I without you,” she assured him. “Your people have a habit of shortening names! Vega gave you your pseudonym of Adam, so by your own custom, why do you not merely call me, for short, ‘Eve’ ”? Adam and Eve. Into the sun, the sustaining light of Creation, God’s candle that was Light when called for. All by his own decision and desire, though arrived at slowly and painfully like pulling a rib from his side, Adam had determined to experience the ultimate in adventures. Thoughtfully, they entered the craft. They went to their respective seats as the thin ramp was drawn back to its slot, and the door slid shut behind them. On one side of Eve’s seat was a small box with buttons, the only means of control for this superb craft. Otherwise, it was not much more than a round, hollow shell, the only flat part being the floor. Yet the outside appearance of the ship was entirely and perfectly spherical, so the floor had to be thick and solid, and joined to the craft completely. This little craft was dazzlingly active at its hull. It was far 188