She was a complete handywoman before she ever got her first period. Even that was a mere annoyance because when she was so bloated that she couldn’t...get into some of the tight spaces anymore. Her father demanded her to wear gloves at one formal dinner because her hands and knuckles were really scraped up from overhauling the engine in her Jet Ski. She had been trying to show up some boys out on the lake and had gotten all sorts of garbage sucked up into the water intake. That has trashed the. "Take a look at this," I said as I opened up the bathrobe I hadborrowed from my dad and stood there in only the swim trunks that dadhad brought me that morning. "I'm taller and I've got some muscles..."Admittedly, they weren't all that impressive, but I had enough to feelrather proud. "And look at my pecs..."Jessie stared at me for a moment, then his expression changed. Hesilently looked me over, his eyes taking in every detail. There was astrange, almost surprised look on his face as he did. It was to be expected. Whenever my heart gave of itself too deeply and honestly it always felt the sting of the emotional dagger. As in the past and ever in the future I would find out too late that I was too trusting myself. Alepoú passed from my heart and my vision never to show herself again. I was left with my pipes to play and my songs to sing and the loving caresses of the nymphs who were always to be trusted to love and adore their satyrs. Especially their lord Pan. Would that this. Sir, I am detecting more than forty particle cannons aimed at us, as well as at least fourteen torpedo tubes of varying sizes. The tubes, judging by the energy I am reading from them, carry cold fusion detonation cores that are each at least as powerful as our central reactor. If they decide to attack, we will have no defense. The energy displacement grid hasn't been activated in eight years, and we removed all of its auxiliary and tertiary systems to provide replacement parts to critical.