I.'s so surprised it was just metal detecting equipment he'd developed years ago, nothing brilliant there? "Look you three I am just an ex-soldier an...d programmer, not some god or saviour." Replied Derrick. Derrick remained silent for the next hour watching as the new ship grew. Although it appeared that the brain box had sustained more damage than 0999's, 098 had retained an impressive amount of its data and personality. Derrick went back to the records to finish up on 0999's records. . She pinches it sometimes, when she's not thinking about it, as if she was trying to pull it and make it a little longer. Then she'll catch herself and look around to see if anyone else caught her too. I just smile. I don't know why she doesn't like her nose; it's the only one I've ever seen that was pierced. Tama has a little diamond she wears in it and some of the girls don't think it's real, but I know it is. She said it was a present from her husband's mother.Tama told me she isn't really. He was about 5 ft 9 inches tall, with spikey brown hair and dark eyes. He seemed slim but in his tracksuit, it was difficult to be sure. His face was essentially clean-shaven but a bit pocked, as if he had suffered badly from spots a few years ago. Up close, he looked to be in his early twenties. And this much closer to it, that protrusion seemed even more evident! He blinked and looked at me, but not at the car. I was sure he had seen where I was just looking.“Thanks,” was all I could think. As we went into each other's arms, our mutual body heat smoothed the goose bumps, and warmed the sheets, under and over us. "Relax, Diane! Let's take a moment for each other," I said."Don't tell me you're in love with me. We just met this afternoon, and I don't want to get hurt again. The last time a boy told me he loved me, it ended up hurting too much." No, Diane, I won't say that, now. I will say, I like you more than anyone I've met in a long time. I want to get to know you a lot better..