”“Are we still in GalNet range?” I asked.Elfi said.“Sorry, Captain, we are not. But we could pick it up, by traveling just 110 light-years fur...ther. We then could link into the Tinkeheel GalNet cone.”“Krabbel, plot a course to the closest GalNet connection and Shaka please take us there with all haste. I need to talk to command about all this before we jump to wherever that gate leads.”Har-Hi gave me a mockingly impressed look.“What? Us not jumping into the unknown and then figure things out,. This is the story of the first time……is it real….you tell me. Long ago in a land far, far away….New York…..I was thirteen and had my own room for the first time. “The Penthouse” I whispered to myself as I wiped the sleep from my eyes. I had the best room in the house after Andy moved out. My big brother was off to college and the coveted room was mine…mine,MINE!!! I remember giggling as I turned on my 13 inch COLOR TV for Looney Tunes. I pulled out a joint and smoked a bit. It was too. She was a fair curvy babe. We figured she only spent time with Lalit for his money. One month before our pass out, Lalit announced his plans to fuck her. Then he got too high and cried out he was still a 25-year-old virgin and he passed because his dad bribed. It was our college graduation party and all the boys were busy feeling up their girlfriends. All the singles had already left. I was quite popular in college so my friends wanted me around. But I had just broken up with my girlfriend and. We will do better; I want my parents to be proud of me for once.”Reg smiled brightly. “Now that is what I like to hear, Hermione. Learning is what got me where I am, and learning can do the same for you.”“You mean, getting stabbed in the back?” she gave him a grim look.“No, I mean finding girls to love. Finding love is the greatest achievement in my life, Hermione, and I got there through learning as much as I could. What I learned was all factual at first, but my loves taught me that learning.