“Yes Ma’am, we can drop down through one of the ventilation grates in the largest room, then we can exit the building normally into the torus prop...er.”There were sighs of relief from Dubois and Sousa, and the group started to move. Reid took one last glance over her shoulder at the cluster of eggs before crawling away to join them.Webber awoke with a start, were those human voices she could hear? Oh crap, how long had she been asleep? The Krell still had his arm draped over her, his broad chest. I looked okay. Five feet and ten inches tall, slim and not too bad looking I thought. Short dark, wavy hair, high cheek bones accentuating my large dark brown eyes but my long slender fingers ended in rather ragged nails and dry skin due to the ravishes of the munitions and chemicals I had spent so long working with. I was given a probationary period with the warning that if my hands didn't improve in that time I was out! I could never forget that first day in training school. I had arrived. Your brain cell must be confused because you seem to think she might return your interest in her."By now the others were laughing at him. Obviously not because they were much better themselves; just because that's what guys do to each other.He came back with a brilliant defense, "You've got your arm around her!" What's that got to do with ANYTHING?"I thought I knew what he'd say, and sure enough, "She can't dislike guys if she cuddles with you like that."Carol beat me to it though. She said,. Still, I already recognized him as a man who was unlikely to waste words on empty gestures."And when I tell you I have a life and goal ahead of me that might make me seek loyal companions, you would not be surprised, would you Eru?" Little has surprised me in my life, I confess. My eyes betraying me, that was a surprise. You Davey, and the way of you, that has been a surprise. But I began coming here a year ago, because I sensed that someday I would need to be here, that a path would open up.