Really." She looked up at me again and for a moment, I stared into her soft gray eyes. There was something there that I could not read, but the moment...ended, and she turned and walked towards her makeshift target.I shook my head, exiting the bus and closing the door. I could see Helen removing arrows from the dirt, and carefully wiping them clean before placing them in a small black leather quiver that she had placed nearby. She acknowledged me with a quick wave, which I returned as I climbed. I complimented her on her bathing suit, how it complimented her hair. She blushed a bit, and I pointed that out. "Oh, Dear, I haven't blushed in I don't know how long!" I replied "It becomes you!" This exchange shifted our conversation dramatically. I went on to embellish my comments about how the bathing suit flattered her shape, as well. Now, she didn't blush. Rather, she slid closer - placed her mouth to my ear - and said "I know this is forward of me, but you are a very handsome gentleman!". “Brace yourselves!” the Senior Monitor echoed my order.This time our line was pushed back slightly as the weight of the larger aliens made that inevitable. This allowed some of the smaller ones to scramble through, most were quickly despatched by our inner guard of sword wielders, aided by a group using polearms. A few made it to the barricade but were swiftly despatched by our reinforced line.It was then that one of the boss aliens launched itself over the heads of the smaller aliens to land. ‘Pardon my lateness in arriving, I was required to visit the Chief Medical Officer first.’ Sasha smiled, she’d been reading up about the last member of their squad, and in fact had seen him onboard the transport, but never approached him. Now she did, imitating the clasping gesture. ‘We Stand Together, Kitirik Abyss Zuinthinem, uh… Emijiz.’ She hoped she’d said it right, not having had much time to memorise it after reading his biofile in the squad roster. The newcomers throat rapidly shifted.