.. at the hospital.I informed the Captain of the piece of metal stuck in Jack's ass. The Captain glanced at it and ordered, "Hell, pull it out, slap a...Band-Aid on his ass and get both your asses to the roof."I glared at the Captain and complained, "Sir! That is not the recommended treatment for this type of injury."The Captain challenged my statement, "Sgt. Blaine, since when did you become a medic?"I should have known better (and I DID know better), but I couldn't resist so I said, "Sir! I'm. I reach down and put my hand on it, to stop it from swinging. And that's when I feel something moving around inside of it."The next thing I know, I'm in a hospital emergency room. And the guy's testicle bursts wide-open. And a blood-covered, newborn baby emerges from it, and takes its first breath. Meanwhile, the doctors and nurses are going crazy trying to keep the poor guy from bleeding to death, while I'm cradling the newborn baby in a towel in my arms."And then the baby says to me in a tiny. "I knew about this already but I hadn't gone far into it because of transportation problems.When we got back to Reynolds, the three of us sat down to talk. I was going to use most of Crane's suggestions but stick to the more realistic ones. I wanted some ideas added of my own. I wanted to map the ocean floor so I needed good sonar. I also needed more equipment and other ships to record the echo from their position. Books on every piece of equipment staying on the ship and all the new equipment. He lived about four or five hours away. He would often say how good it was that I didn't live close, because he would be very tempted to ask me to meet him. And I would have. In a heartbeat. I didn't share his view about the distance being a good thing.After chatting like this for about a year, he told me that his work would be bringing him to about a half hour from me for a few days. Oh wow, would this finally be our chance to meet?He was really torn. He desperately wanted to meet me. But he.
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