Shamira felt warm inside. Clara had stood beside her. 'How could I ever have doubted her?' she thought. "Maybe instead of worrying about who will come forward, maybe we should be worrying about who to come forward to. I mean, showing up on CNN or heaven forbid, (comma) FOX," she continued, shuddering at the thought of the "fair and balanced" perspective they would get, "could be bad. There's gotta be certain groups that would be more receptive to our existence. Come out to a few groups at a time, you know? Have some allies in the human world before going public."

The elder statesmen nodded. "Good thinking. The Tribunal has...