. into... data banks." Very... Very good." The captain managed to stand upright, still holding tightly to the back of the Second Officer's chair. Alre...ady, his voice was stronger, more coherent. "Now, we'll soon know whether they followed us. Medic Morss! Report!"Berniss was sitting up, braced by one trembling arm, her head pillowed on Rand's knee. She squinted up at Captain Jeryth. He could feel her mind, fumbling for its linkage with Skryben, scanning... , scanning... "Ship's complemenn... ,. " What in the fuck does that mean," Julie hissed. "Did you go all fucking Zen Buddhist on me?"I chuckled — at the joke and at Julie's anger. Luckily for my well being, she thought I was only laughing at her humor."No," I answered. "Look, this whole thing with Tara really brought out some different issues for us. You were right. We were apart for five years. I lived mostly by myself during that time and I got used to making decisions for myself." Well, so did I," Julie replied hotly."I recognize. And when she wasn't naked in bed she wore stylish frameless glasses.The variety of lovers that Alex had known in his life was certainly ticking a lot of boxes, but more by chance than design. He was still rather nervous about mentioning, let alone introducing, his new girlfriend to friends and work colleagues. He knew there was nothing he should fear but he somehow felt that despite protestations to the contrary many of his male colleagues weren't as comfortable as they claimed to be about. "And now that you turned him on, he's ready for anything? So are you, it seems." "I think so," Lorena answered. "We'll get to that later, I guess, although I don't know how my daddy will take something so far out." "He'll like it fine," Jean assured her. "Guys really dig seeing two chicks make it with each other; it turns them on like you wouldn't believe." Hearing footsteps in the hallway, Lorena felt a warm rush of blood to her face and let go of Jean's tits to step back. "There he is. I.