She spoke up right away, like she had gotten permission from the teacher to do something very exciting, “My parents said I’m a big girl and I can ...o whatever I want, so yes I will go out to dinner with you tonight. Where should we meet?”“Well, I could pick you up at six, if you tell me how to get there.” I told her, and I got out a piece of paper and a pencil to write her phone number.She responded with, “555-1212, if you call me, I’ll let you know where to pick me up.”We continue talking. The final things I found were AIs. The seller seemed nervous, but somehow knew that Nardu approved of me and agreed to sell me one Karkallian AI, two Gorokian, and two Dubanian AIs. Three AIs were for the new (to me) ship I hoped to buy. The other two were for my ship. When they installed the other three shields, intending them to operate independently of each other, my androids studied them and merged all three with my Terran shield to create a single, much stronger shield.Since learning that. "You win, you win," I said as I waved my hands in surrender.I was surprised to find that Tracy's birthday party was not a full blown bash. She told me later the confrontation with Bill Rogers made her decide to invite just a few friends. It turned out the only other guy was Darryl. Besides Tracy, there was Robbie and three of Tracy's cheerleader friends Mona Wingman, Kelly Goudy and Kim Sun. I was at least acquainted with everyone but Darryl, but I was starting to warm up to him.After everyone. "Here you are, room 12, ready to settle in. The taproom will open at five, meals you can get shortly after. That key also opens the front door at night, don't lose it. See you later. Bye now!"The expression on Alfred's face was priceless. He shook his head, mumbled darkly about German hospitality, and what about his room, then? Should we all cuddle together? I just reached over the counter and snatched another key at random."Here you are, Alfred. The VIP suite awaits. Come. Let's face whatever.