”“No...I don't want to waste another minute, either,” Mia said still looking away.“Great,” he said, “So, then, how's it going?”“Hmm? G...oing?” Mia replied, turning to him, yet looking past him. She nodded, “Yes. Sorry. I have to get going now.”Brad watched her as she picked up her purse and stand up. “Uh, wait. What? You're leaving?”“Yes,”she said, regaining some of her awareness, “Oh, I'm so sorry Brad. I lied about spending some time with you...and about my dwarf fetish, and orgasms, and your. “Civilian casualties were almost nonexistent, the underground shelters did their job admirably. We lost one defense station, along with all hands aboard, and there was significant damage to three more. Two of our carriers are dead in space, with four more taking enough structural damage to warrant urgent repairs. If you can provide any assistance on that front, we would be grateful. We lost a few fighters, and there were some casualties during the ground battles, but overall, we came out. I know that people else where are laughing at us for thinking that we have pirates here, but the Arctic Princess just called in here for shore leave and to deliver a few more 'pegs' for our various shaped holes. She had burns and said that she had been fired on by something or someone that wasn't the Sa'arm when she exited hyperspace at the system limit.We don't have enough observation hardware out there to have gotten film of the event but the replicator that we fed the ship's panels to said. Cheap perfume, too... And it's killin' me tryin' keep my spit from wettin' it any more."Edd sighed, "But you're stuck, aren't you? Well, I guess there is no other option."He said with a grimace, "We have to give Ed a bath."Ed cried like a cornered animal, "A bath!?!!"Eddy also cried, "Oh, no! I'm not takin' a bath with another guy!" And he planted his shoes against Ed's bare stomach, and pushed with all of his might.Edd said, "Eddy, have you forgotten the consistency of the layers of unwashed.