I'm sendingthe rest through with those elements from bravo Command. I'm sorry I can'tjust drive on by as if I don't know the place exists," I told him...."What do you know that I don't? This isn't a time to hold back girl." The rest are there, the thirteen series, I can feel them." Do you need any more help? I have a whole base just two hours awayitching for a fight." It has to be a surprise, they won't expect us to leave the convoy," Isaid."And they won't expect Bravo Command to back you up. However as I noted earlier that is going to be a long, arduous task. Even considering that we're guessing that people may live up to 200 years with the help of Confederacy nanotech in the form of nanites to help support our health I doubt that any child born in the first 50 years of this war will see the end of it. Then again we could discover that Sa'arm are like rats ... That is we come to a sort of uneasy coexistence with them. I doubt that we will do that though as they are space capable. ”Elsa asked me as the three of us stood there, “Are you spoiled?”I laughed, “Yes, probably; more so these days. I was anything but as a kid – my parents were poor but strict. The part of me that struggled to get to where I am wants the privilege. Another part of me doesn’t want to distance myself that much from the rest of civilized people. As the old saying goes, I still have to put my pants on one leg at a time.”The aide rushed up with a tray with three glasses on it. He served each of us,. "I guess I'm just not used to not having them home for the holidays."Mike pulled me into an embrace, and I rested my head on his shoulder. "And here you're stuck with me, instead."I looked up and winked at him. "Well, there are certain ... compensations." Well, that's a relief." We kissed again. When we parted, he looked down at me, frowning. "Lynne, I-" He broke off and seemed to reconsider what he'd been about to say. "I'm really enjoying this time together too."I wondered what he'd been.