Knifehand Burga had retired while I was at the Academy. Block Harnish was still running the butchery, but she had two assistants now.All the barmaids ...and waitresses were new since I'd last been here, and I saw Trunk perk up immediately. One of them I recognized immediately though, it was Spider and Sunshine's daughter, Moonbeam. She was a year older than I was, and one of my early crushes before being shipped off to the Academy. Her eyes crinkled and she smiled sweetly when I introduced River. "Please hand me your license, and registration." He looked at the papers, "Mrs. Prescott, can I call you Kathy?Kathy sat there while the officer looked at her papers. "Sure, officer. Was there something wrong?" Now Kathy, Please answer my questions, and you'll be home in no time. Let's see you're 5'6", 25 years old, and weigh 118 pounds. Have you gained any weight?" Uhm... No?" Now Kathy, you know it is illegal to lie to an officer of the law? So how much do you really weigh?"I'm uh... 123" How. ‘I should be ashamed of the slut that I seem to have become,’ she mentally chastised herself but at that moment all she could feel was the very warm orgasmic afterglow that would thenceforth benchmark her expectations of a very successful masturbation session. She soon fell into a brief but deeply restful nap, and it was only after she had awakened that she remembered she had purchased a vibrator for the purpose of pleasing herself; ‘Well, my fingers seemed to have worked the magic perfectly. There will be little need of your talents on the bridge for some time."The door closed softly behind them. They looked at each other for a moment, then Berniss shrugged."He took it well enough," she commented as they headed for the man hoist."I guess so." Rand didn't say any more until they were in the corridor outside sick bay. "He didn't pick up on one thing that you told him, though." I wondered if you would catch it." She gave him a twisted smile. "I couldn't think of any easier way to put.