." She let the question drop.Mina nodded and continued. "But you would not look like you do now, mum!Your physical age would be returned to a youthful... eighteen to twenty. Youwould look like you did when you first met your husband, and you would becured from any or all ailments."Ma proved she was more insightful than she let on. "So yer sayin' I gotsome serious ailment, Lt. Smith?" I recognized Ma's tone. Her and Minaweren't getting off to a good start."I said nothing of the sort, mum! I was. " Einstein huh?" Washu blinked, smiling at him fondly."Little flawed, but close enough for what we're talking about." She leaned forwards."I'm gonna let that one slide!" I think I see." Katsuhito nodded slowly. "The ore ships you traveled on..." Took slightly over seven years to get me there!" Washu completed his thought dryly."Though to little 'ol stupid me at the time it was more like four months!I was too busy hopping ship to ship, keeping an eye on both my belongings and my 'oh, so. She was two years younger than me, but was always more mischievous than I.“Dinner?” she asked“Leftovers”She shrugged and left my room. It was early still, and I returned to finishing my homework on my laptop. It was Friday and I wanted to be done for the weekend. ***Later that night, having finished dinner, Angie and I were sitting on the couch, watching a movie. She was curled up against me, with my arm draped over her. As the movie ended, I switched the TV and looked and my baby sister. Her. I had seen a TV ad for some new lingerie and I wanted to see it and maybe try it on. A sales lady, who knew me, came to my aid right away. "Hello, Mrs Summers, can I help you?" I said, "Hello, Nikki, I saw an ad on TV showing a new line of lingerie. Can you help me with that?" Nikki and I walked over to the lingerie counter and she showed me four new styles that had just come in. I picked a color in each of the styles and headed for a dressing room. "Nikki, would you help me change into these,.
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