My file had a note attached that she had already been in three different crews in so far.I asked her to sit, which she did. “So why do you need reas...signment?” was my first question. Nothing in the file indicated she was bad at her job, quite the opposite in fact. They all said she was an exceptional mechanic.She looked into my eyes and seeing my desire, she sighed. I later learned that this was her fifth such interview since her last berth, and they had all been disasters. Both of the male. Schiavi."Sally looked up at that. "I am no one's slave."I chuckled. I should have known she would know the word. "I would never say you are, however, the society uses that term as the title of those who are bound to Mind Magi."She rolled her eyes. "Figures."I reached out and took her hand. "Hun, I do not think of you that way. Not in the slightest." The contact was enough for both of us. The tension we felt due to the attack earlier melted away."Why do I feel so ... good when you hold my hand?". "Alice insisted, "But I'm bigger and readier than she is." She almost sobbed, "I want the baby out NOW."Nathan came and hugged Alice. Tina heard his words of love for her, and saw how tenderly he coddled her and her growing baby bump. He led Alice over to a chair, and helped her sit. He ran inside and came back a moment later with her cereal and orange juice. He also dropped a megavitamin in her hand and made sure she swallowed the horse pill.Tina observed to him, "You act just like her. We chatted a little bit, and we made plans to meet up after I was finished work for the day. I had booked a one hour session with her. She gave me her address, and I headed to her straight from work at around 6pm. I arrived at the her building, and texted her, “I am here”. She rang the buzzer and I headed up to her apartment on the 4th floor. I knocked on her door. My heart was beating really really fast. She opened the door and said hello sweetie. She looked me up and down. As she let me in, I.