"Ask away," I told him.He slid off the sofa and knelt in front of me. "You don't need to askpermission for this you know." Hear me out Alice." I nodde...."Alice I've never felt as strongly attracted to anyone as I have towardsyou. I am not sure I can ever be happy without you around me. Alice,will you come and live with me?" He held up the small open velvet box,inside the box a diamond and ruby ring flickered in the candle light."Would you honour me by becoming my wife?" I felt my heart leap and. Lt.d then Lt. Neugruber then said.”Captain, we have completed our assessment too. Meateater hopes our shields are still damaged. He was closest to us and he has witnessed our struggle, while he too was fighting the creature, and now plans to attack us.”Hans looked at a projection of the Intruder and said.”His ship sustained heavy damage and is no longer able to translight. He obtained spare shield parts from Captain Basoro. He wants to lure us close, then fire upon us, because he thinks we have. As the elevator came to a stop at the walkway running level with the middle of the ship, he tried to take it all in.The front was a sphere. Recalling the house, (and had it only been this morning when they had seen that?), these aliens obviously liked their spheres and domes. Maybe forty feet in diameter, it was as smooth as glass, the color reminding him of nothing so much as wood from a cherry tree. Stretching out behind this was ... well, it almost looked like half an egg on its side. The. The middle aged cop couldn't keep his eyes off me. That distracted him enough that he didn't do quite the professional job of interrogation that he really should have. Who am I to complain? Finally, the cop closed his questioning of me."We're satisfied for now, Miss, but don't plan on leaving town just yet. At the minimum, we need to wait on the autopsy results." Fine, I'll find a room for now." Just leave the address with the station when you get your room."Primarily to get my mind off what.