“I think the best option will be for me to idle the engines for a while, see how much of the snow I can melt with the thrusters, then take off and a...ttempt a proper landing nearby.”“Yeah, if you can melt most of that drift and get the wings mostly level, you shouldn’t have too hard a time getting into the air again.”“She’s a little bottom heavy because of the crates in the hold,” Riya mused, “but I reckon I can get her righted. I don’t see any damage to the airframe, I’ll do an engine and hull. “What’s that, honey?” She knew that the best way to coax secrets was patience.Ken did not know how to proceed. Until that moment, he had not thought to share this insecurity with anyone. “The thing is, I kinda started seeing this girl a few weeks ago. We’ve hooked up a few times, but I think she thinks I’m a freak.”“Kenny, that’s outrageous. Why would anybody think that?”“Because—" he took a huge breath. “Because when she saw my, my junk, she freaked out. Kinda like you. She says it’s too big. I passed it back to Kelly and after a puff or two she handed it back to me. I took a big puff this time and held it in my lungs as long as I possibly could. When I exhaled this time it hit me! I sat back in my chair and looked over at Kelly. She was smiling and I started to giggle. She held my hand and laughed at me because she knew this stuff had worked! She asked me if I wanted more and I remember my response was ,"Fuck Yeah!" She and I smoked the rest of that joint and she stood up and. "You probably forgot, but you signed a release last night." So James. is our new friend secure?" I asked."As secure as a bundle of wires," he said showing me the plastic wire tie. "Too bad I don't have time to chat with him." Just as those words left his mouth, the hospital's security guard came in."Holy shit, they told me you were here sir, but I didn't think it was possible for anything to happen here," he said."Do you want to go back to checking doors and let me handle this, or do you want.