A few clarifications.

As a matter of clarification, Leland isn't the raging slut that Mischa makes him out to be. It's something of a joke between them; she doesn't care for sexual contact, so they both agreed that Leland would be free to have other partners --- hence his attachment to Admiral Mikhaila.

A further note on Family genetics: Family Members mature at twice the rate that normal humans mature, then level off and have a normal lifespan. Therefore, 3-year-old Mischa's ambush of Leland would suit the motivations of a feisty six-year-old . . . who just happens to be a military genius. She won, by the way. At ten years old, Mischa and Leland were already commanding troops, and by fifteen they were granted their full current ranks. More on the Family ranking system when I work it out.

It's been mentioned that the Guests from Venus (which refers to only the ones with the psy powers) offered their version of the H Serum (random trivia for when this is published and I'm famous: my little sister, Hollyn, came up with the H Serum's name --- the H stands for Harville, our last name) to Earth ten years ago, when Mischa and Leland were nine and Lori was fifteen, when the Benders showed up, but there's another group engaging in what is essentially hit-and-run galactic geurilla warfare with Earth for much longer.