(Omal speculates on giving The Baron permanent resident status on the base as he did Treebeard after discussing the job he had been doing as a temporary ring master. He explains that at 372, he was one of the oldest active pilots by far. He notes one area of concern he has which may go against him.) 

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Russ: Omal.

Omal: greetings and felicitations Russ.

Russ: greetings and felicitations, how’s it going?

Omal: it is going well, I am much impressed.

Russ: excellent, I am too. He’s doing quite a good job, spotting problems right away, I’m glad we’re having problems right away.

Omal: yes, I think he is doing an excellent job.

Russ: I agree completely.

Omal: I have lined up for next week as a ringmaster but it may be difficult because of his attention span, the man with the can (Treebeard).

Russ: I can see some possible problems there.

Omal: yes, I am trying lots of different people. I was thinking of having another strict disciplinarian come in as a temporary ring mistress while she is here however, she is just as playful as Alana and her girlfriend.

Russ: okay, who’s that? Lyka?

Omal: yes.

Russ: I don’t know, the Baron’s doing a really great job though.

Omal: yes, I think so too.

Russ: he’s going to bring in Taal and that’s really important because I wanted to work with Taal and he recognized that and spotted that right away.

Omal: you missed something.

Russ: well I’m not there so I'll have to take your word for it.

Omal: no, a comment that he made.

Russ: oh.

Omal: he addressed somebody by her correct title and name.

Russ: oh, I caught that.

Omal: uh-huh, Capt. Hirosh.

Russ: oh he said that? I thought he was talking about the lady ambassador.

Omal: that as well.

Russ: Madam ambassador.

Omal: uh-huh. But he gave full respect to Lyka.

Russ: yes, that's very good.

Omal: I think that is what is needed although Tia is sorely missed in her…..she does spot problems, she is not as strict.

Russ: well she likes to have as much fun as everybody else.

Omal: yes but I think that……I think that the Baron needs this opportunity.

Russ: I think he’s doing a great job. I don’t know about the man with the can, the couple times I’ve talked with him, he was a little unfocused.

Omal: uh-huh yes but…..

Russ: and he wouldn’t be able to wear a helmet.

Omal: yes correct.

Russ: so he’d have a tough time with the whole process like he did last time with the channeling facilities.

Omal: yes, but......

Russ: but hey, but I'm willing to try......

Omal: the man with the can has when he is focused and his mind is.......he preps his mind beforehand for something serious, he would more treat us as if we were his plants.

Russ: okay, well you know the man better than I do.

Omal: I am more leaning to inviting The Baron back.......

Russ: well you got my approval.

Omal: he definitely needs something to replace his focus.

Russ: well this gives him good social interaction too which I think is very important at least for Tuesday’s.

Omal: his twitch he has until he suits up and he has it until he sits in the cockpit and as soon as he grabs the control column the twitch is gone but I can see that it will start to affect him later on.

Russ: it’s a degenerating effect?

Omal: yes I think so.

Russ: that’s what I thought.

Omal: he has lived too far and too long on that edge. I would be very upset to see him go the way that he wishes to go.

Russ: I agree with that.

Omal: but I understand what he is thinking.

Russ: oh yeah, I mean he probably didn’t expect to last this long as it is.

Omal: he is one of the oldest…..I would say the oldest without a shadow of the doubt active pilot.

Russ: I can agree with that. I mean he’s already a legend and he’s still going.

Omal: 372?

Russ: that’s a legend and a half.

Omal: yes, most pilots are long gone by that time.

Russ: if they get to that point.

Omal: yes, if once they get to that point, normally they are retired by the time they are 350 and have 50 years of retirement approximately.

Russ: well I don’t think he'd do good at retirement either though.

Omal: no.

Russ: I think he needs something that like you say, fill the void, give him some responsibility.

Omal: yes and I believe that offering him a instructor……non-flying instructor’s job would be killing him anyway.

Russ: it would definitely make him less of what he is.

Omal: yes, it would torture him.

Russ: I think a new career choice is great, it gives him something to choose from that he doesn’t know as well and he gets to learn from it.

Omal: uh-huh.

Russ: besides, he might prove to surprise you.

Omal: if he…..he’s out of the room at the moment.

Russ: I figured as much.

Omal: yeah, if he survives a month as a ringmaster, I may offer him something that I’ve only done a few times.

Russ: hmm.

Omal: permanent resident status on the base.

Russ: wow.

Omal: but I would have to put that before Sananda.

Russ: right. Well he certainly has got my vote.

Omal: it is not whether it is your vote……

Russ: I know, I know it’s not but I mean hey, good reference from me could help.

Omal: yes.

Russ: you never know.

Omal: the last person that I did was a little bit of a disappointment in the fact that instead of coming out of themselves, they remained as a horticulturalist specialist and became more reclusive.

Russ: oh, the man with the can?

Omal: yes.

Russ: ahh well still, he does serves his purpose where he’s at though.

Omal: very much so.

Russ: so I think you did a good job there.

Omal: the idea was to bring him more out and more active in his retirement.

Russ: well he probably felt out of place.

Omal: I think that is…..well he didn’t have much interaction with people beforehand.

Russ: so you think maybe putting him as a potential ringmaster would help that?

Omal: possibly.

Russ: yeah see, that’s where I kind of….

Omal: it’s a two-edged sword.

Russ: quite right.

Omal: it may be worth the gamble however, if The Baron……..I may give The Baron a second week as a tryout and then try the man with the can but it’s going to be on a week-to-week basis.

Russ: works for me. Hey you know me, I’m pretty flexible with all this stuff.

Omal: yes.

Russ: I’m just happy to be here.

Omal: uh-huh. I mean maybe in five, six months Tia may come back as ring mistress, maybe not.

Russ: maybe not, maybe so. Like I say, she would be welcome definitely with her intuitive aspect on Earth but I was going to say, the surprise that he might give you is that you might doing more research on what’s going on down here......

Omal: oh I hope so.

Russ: and get more involved in what’s going to happen on this planet and what we’re trying to do with the conference.

Omal: yes.

Russ: so I’m thinking he might be a really good aspect in that.

Omal: certainly, certainly. The Baron is, is certainly a very unique individual with a very interesting outlook and experiences that he brings to these sessions.

Russ: well what’s nice is the fact he’s already been working with the Earth so much to this point as it is that I already feel like he’s part of the crew anyway.

Omal: well also the fact that he is very spiritually aware and in tune and is very spiritually gifted. He has also seen the other side, the aggressive, negative nature.

Russ: see I think working with the conference with us, it might be just what he needs.

Omal: it is possible.

Russ: yeah, it’s a stretch, he’d have to make some major, moral changes in his attitude perhaps.

Omal: I would not want that, that is something that he has to do on his own accord.

Russ: oh I know.

Omal: it is something that is not even suggested.

Russ: I agree but I think that it might happen.

Omal: uh-huh but my biggest concern is the degenerative disorder.

Russ: well it’s not going to affect his mind for a while.

Omal: not for a while but……

Russ: not even in my lifetime.

Omal: no, he probably has no more than maybe 25 to 30 years.

Russ: oh, that would be less than my lifetime.

Omal: yes, but you can see in the twitch in his arm.

Russ: yeah.

Omal: it is something that it is a warning sign. The deterioration once he retires could happen very fast.

Russ: well that’s why I’m thinking this would be good for him.

Omal: yes.

Russ: but if you want, do him another week and I think……..I mean this is just a get comfortable period anyway.

Omal: oh yes, most certainly.

Russ: so maybe on his second week he’ll feel more comfortable and he’ll do more interactions as far as what’s going on.

Omal: and it will improve his English.

Russ: that’s very possible too, it's a good route for him to go as far as finding some new challenges.

Omal: and also with him being here and suffering a degenerative disorder it may help us……

Russ: true.

Omal: that we will be able to learn more about their physiology.

Russ: true, Karra wanted to help him a bit too if I remember right.

Omal: I got the feeling that was more from pity.

Russ: oh.

Omal: so it is something that is, pity does not work.

Russ: I think it was more of a professional kind of thing on her part.

Omal: yeah, might’ve been both, I wasn’t paying full attention. I was talking with Alana and her young lady.

Russ: ahh okay.