“Yes,” he said, pushing himself away. “It has been.” He made a show of looking her up and down. “You look… uh… you know… good.”Her e...yes flickered a little at this appraisal. She quickly recovered though. “And you look good too. Really good. You’ve put on some weight.”He choked back on the urge to say, so have you. Instead, he said, “Yeah, and I got rid of the glasses too. Nothing like laser surgery, huh?”She laughed as if that was the funniest thing she’d ever heard.“And look,” he said, opening. Thinking about you and knew it should be getting close to your time. Just wanted to check on you, see how you were doing.”“Michael, I’m . . . I’m surprised but happy to hear from you. I’m doing fine,” I said.“Traci, I know I’ve been acting like an ass, but despite everything that’s happened between us, I want you to know I still care about you and just wanted to tell you to let me know if you need anything,” he said.I began to cry.“Traci, Traci? You alright?”“Yes, yes, Mike, I’m fine, just glad. Bara ta eto mota je puro mukhe dhuk chilo na.Thkn chitkar kore boli “Tumi pls amr gude ai mota bara te dhukia dao r parchi na”. Chele ta tkhn jore ak dhakai bara ta gude dhukia dai. Ami chitkar kore uthi. R boli “Chod amke tor joto echa ache chude ne. Ami r parchi na”. Trpr dekhi bara te rokto lege ache ami chomke jai .Chele ta bole amke” ami tomr porda fatea deachi. Tomr r kono kosto hobe na sona” bole aro jore dhap dite thake. R ami aro jore jorie thaki oke pithe achre di.R ami ah ah ah kore. It was a pleasant diversion of an evening. I'd missed her company and told her so. We agreed to spend more time with each other.The next day I wrote a request to be considered during the next meeting of the command staff. It addressed the possible modification in crew staffing using Merry's environmentally hardened repair drones and their capability of massively parallel operation teamed with precise control at a distance when augmented by Q-bit management links. I also requested that she be.