" It wasn't the 'where' that's been odd to me - it's the name!" The name?" Yeah! How'd you get a name like 'William'?" He chuckled. "Shouldn't it be '...adji' or 'Gandhi' or something? When Joey told me, I'd be flying in with 'William', I figured you'd look kind of British."I shrugged. "It was the name I was using at the time. I was speaking to a man, an American named 'William' so I told him that my name was 'William' too. Ryou-Sensei overheard it, and called me that, and it was easier not to. " I said, "Good planning. Coordinated repairs could be done across a ship, a shipyard or an entire solar system."We talked for a while, then agreed to have dinner together. It was a pleasant diversion of an evening. I'd missed her company and told her so. We agreed to spend more time with each other.The next day I wrote a request to be considered during the next meeting of the command staff. It addressed the possible modification in crew staffing using Merry's environmentally hardened repair. The place was empty but it was barely noon."Yer jus' in time for the show," the publican said as he wiped his hands on his filthy apron.I lifted an eyebrow."Think it'll be the dark-haired one t'day," he said, stepping to his front door. I followed with my beer in my fist. "She's the best a'the bunch."From the far end of the dusty street came a well-dressed rider on a thin-legged horse. The man wore a long, well-tailored coat and a tri-cornered hat. His breeches were fawn-colored and. When i was walking out of the exam i was stopped at the door by the invidulator who'd stunned me earlier, her eyes scanning my body. 'I couldn't help noticing you looking at me earlier' she was actually spealing to me but i didn't know why that excited me. 'What do you mean looking at you? I'm sorry if i did and it upset you at all.' I choked out not knowing if what i'd just said actually made sense. 'Something in your eyes is telling me that you wanna come out with me some time, but don't.
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