.. lower ... more slowly."Are you a dirty old man, Uncle Bob?" she asked. Her tone wasn't angry. In fact I couldn't quite nail down exactly what her t...ne was, which was odd because I was usually pretty good at reading people's emotions."Have been for years," I said. I was trying to joke and lessen any strain I might have caused. I didn't know if I actually liked this girl or not, but I did know that she didn't set off any of the bells, whistles or radar that would make me wish she was gone. I. A new denouement, "And what is the normal reassignment?" Harbor garbage scow on a water world," she said.Hoo-boy howdy, that smarts."Why?" The offending AI could never be trusted again." How many times?" Has it happened? Twice ... the penalty is highly documented and programmed into our computers. The first time was circumstantial ... the second time was after the computers had had the first incident programmed ... Nc213 did it deliberately." Suppose ... just suppose ... as commander ... I. I feel... weird when I'm around him. I'm always happy with him. I'm laughing writing this because... there was this time he got here, my parents were out and we played games all day, danced around like a bunch of kids, sang together and even had pizza for dinner. It was one of the happiest days of my life. So chill, so good... he always reassured me that he was having a lot of fun with me, and I could say the same to him. He was the reason I even changed my style!I used to have a messy black. "It's not like her to be off her phone. I've left several messages, but so far no reply. She's addicted to her iPhone." Okay, give me a minute." I took my phone out of my pocket and looked up the number Harold had given me. I was quietly kicking myself for not following up sooner once I learned who John Johnson really was.I pressed in the number and waited at the call went through. It rang several times before it was picked up and I handed the phone to Sally."Mother? Is that you? Are you all.