And we did talk some and he was more than personable. It never came up, but I’m sure he knew my history. Oh, and I almost forgot. I was paired with ...Anna for the whole show that wasn’t part of the agreed upon ceremonial things that Carlton and I had split between us. I was beginning to have feelings for the not so lovely but super sweet Anna. I really was.Anna was a bridesmaid of course, and she and I danced several times after my not too embarrassing tour of the floor with my Sarah. I was but a. A dangerous beast when left unharnessed, she had set it free to seek out its compulsions and it dragged her willingly to the middle of nowhere.So many emotions were running rampant. She had them packed so tightly within her driving force, yet now they were bare, unprotected. Disorienting. They once told her to go, isolate herself from any hint of codependency. And now she was desperate for that connection. Any connection.Amidst the confusion in her mind, there was one bit of certainty; all of. Her knees buckled slightly as she heard his voice from the other side of the door. “One second, I’m coming,” James shouted as he skipped across his living room with a white towel flung around his waist and water dripping from his muscular body. Despite his rush to make it to the door, he realized how excited he was to see his favourite cousin for the first time in so long. How much has she changed he wondered; was she still the skinny lovable geek he had grown so fond of over the years, or. What’s more important, you just gave, without any coercion at all, a free half hour to our entire Federation to prepare for your invasion.The reason that half hour was wasted was because of what you chose to speak about. All of your people already know how great and wonderful your empire is, so they didn’t need to be told, and my people? My people don’t give a shit. None of them are ever going to be PART of your empire, so they don’t care about it.”“You are going to surrender your fleet...”“Oh,.