A bit later Sam asked how much longer."I'm finishing up now and getting ready to put away the tools. Why?" The ladies would like to know when to start...preparing dinner." Dinner? What happened to lunch?" Max, that was six hours ago." Whoops. That might explain why I'm kind of hungry." Ya think?" Let them know I'm on the way up but I need a shower first."She would and I hurried with my cleanup. I walked into the galley fifteen minutes later and apologized for missing lunch.Katherine waved it off. Leedei only liked to make physical contact with friends because their hands were so sensitive.Narth took the offered hand and they exchanged this human gesture of greeting.Fivcheer smiled under his semi transparent head cover skin and raised the illumination of the PSI lab. “We are technically under the auspice of the Science department, but Fleet Command is going to implement a new independent PSION department on all Union ships and installations soon.”Narth nodded.”Fleet command might. Year 2083 - at 17:00 Paula entered the elevator in secret military base. Metersbelow the surface, the doors opened revealing a long metallic corridor, a scenarioonly seen in science fiction movies. The steps of Paula echoed through thehall until she stopped in front of a large metal door passing her authorizationcard and password to open it. Inside, the laboratory was very advanced withhuge equipments, computers and chemical liquids. Paula was proud of being theChief of Bio-chemical research. He hoped she was the one. “No, that about covers it, Lita. Now let me tell you about myself.” He began giving her his information. His age, his hobbies and interests. At fifty, he had never been married and had no kids. He was a Senior Partner is a very successful corporate law firm. After he finished they sat in quiet. He could tell she was in deep thought, as was he. So far, he was pleased with her. She was young, pretty and had some training. How much training he did not know. He thought it.