nearly eight months more of not knowing . his sister greeted him with a kiss on the cheek . `` and so much better-looking than you were back then . '' this far-out expedition had chosen him from one-hundred-billion people . `` if he was n't your baby , then why ... why did n't you say something ? he was quite a lot older , remember . let 's gather your father and take a picnic to the park . no , i only remember him telling me that the team was dead . `` the one with the black ship ? '' 