“You know they have naked beaches all over Europe. If we ever go there together, you’re taking those pants off,” I told him. “I know they have... topless beaches… I don’t know how many full-on nude ones they have.” “Oh, they have them.” Ben just lay on the beach blanket, propped up on his elbow, looking at me. “So what if you were in Europe and you saw someone you knew, like that really hot teacher from your senior year of high school? What if you were both vacationing in the Mediterranean, and. We are your crew. You have the responsibility of life or death over us. Do you understand?”I nodded slowly, and she gentled her tone.“An AI isn’t human; Ship doesn’t share our values or perspective. Once it’s made a gene selection, it largely ignores us. It’s your job to command us. You’re our captain, the future of our species, and our ruler. But you’ll have a long time to grow into that role.”Even with the datafeed reduced to a low background murmur, I still felt overwhelmed. Mother noticed. Naveed ney dil hi dil mein kaha..”Hai Chaukidar ka ladka par faishon baazi mein kum nahi…. kia tight jeans pehan kar hero bana hua hai…..”Mohsin ne Naveed se pucha “Saheb nahayenge (Bath) to pani garam kar doon”Naveed ney kaha”Haan yeh theek hai…. Main naha leyta hoon….kooch fresh hoojaoonga”Phir Mohsin ne pucha”Aur Saheb…. khana kya khayenge?”Naveed ne pucha”murga (chicken) mileyga?”Mohsin bola”Haan mill jayega”Naveed ne kaha”Theek hai to murga bana do tab tak mai zara fresh ho leta. I would love to do that in real life. I would love to have my son so completely and to be able to share that love with my sister without limitations. God I am so wet just thinking about it.I wondered how David and the k**s were getting on. I wondered if they were, in fact, "getting on". I was so happy that the girls were able to share themselves with their father last night. I am sure it will be a birthday they would never forget. I hoped that I would be able to soon get in on the new family.