I was in a battle and my ship was very heavily damaged. Two of my crew were killed. My Gossna friend, named Odava and his mate Ichom, survived along w...ith a girl of my race called Consti."Tommy was getting tired so we stopped and stood. The water came to his waist but now he was not too concerned. I continued, "We were put into stasis and two hundred and eighty seven years later I was revived by accident." I let him digest this for a moment before going on. "My ship was largely destroyed. I. "I just can't. Not in this..."I caught myself. I nearly said body without even thinking about it. Iwas finding that when I got emotional, I was more likely to slip, and injust a day I was finding myself getting emotional more often. I wantedto chalk it up to "hormones" but it was probably something more complexthan that. Still, I was safe this time."Bikini," I said, finishing my sentence after a bit of an awkward pause."I feel like I'm trying out for the lingerie football league." We'll, if you. Sundays and Wednesdays were special days for Tits Maguire. She began to prepare for Ace's visit that evening by starting with a bath at three o'clock in the afternoon. A large bathtub was brought into her bedroom and filled with water of the proper temperature. She soaked for 20 minutes before thoroughly washing her entire body and hair with a scented soap imported from New Orleans.When that pleasant job was finished, Tits Maguire called in an especially talented doxy to shave the area around. Joe went to find Turtle. When Joe told him the result of his conversation with Ed, Turtle burst into laughter. He agreed that both of them had been pretty blind not to see what Ed was doing that had made him so successful. Turtle also agreed with Joe that they should switch to hunting with the atlatl as soon as they could make the changeover.Joe went to the resident blacksmith and ordered 20 more steel tips for the darts. He gave Joe a hard time about wasting that much perfectly good steel on a.