My eyes scanned the room, taking in the scene as I sipped my whiskey sour. The music had my entire being pulsing when my eyes met the gaze of a handso...e stranger. This could be the one, I thought as I smiled at him.He nodded for me to meet him on the dance floor. I went to him and he reached around my waist, pulling my hips toward him. We moved together, our sweat soaking through our clothing. His hands rested against the small of my back, my ass, my neck. I took in his scent – musky and. .." she whispered."WHAT DID YOU SAY??" the female interrogator screamed, almost in her face. She was a very convincing bad cop. "SPEAK LOUD, AND CLEAR, or you will be on your way to GITMO this afternoon, and never heard from again!"Samantha wept. Something about the way she cried hit me, and I said, "She's acting," before I got control of myself.My escort grabbed my hand and asked, "Why do you say that?" She really did want to know."I've met her before, and she's as phony as a three dollar. .. like pulis (police man) ... tapos ... not pulis." Sort of, but the men I look for are very bad ... very dangerous." I see. You want to protect her from men who might hurt her ... so you hurt her instead ... and..." her eyes studied me, "you hurt yourself also." The 'hurt' that I cause is one she will get over. She will meet someone else and be happy." Maybe yes, maybe no ... but I think you will not ... get over."Scarey perceptive.Or was this why Elenita had insisted I bring her ... to. Selina sat back at her console."She's..." Angel started." ... training to be Ship's navigator, or astrogator, as the case may be," Arlene finished for her. "The Ship is sentient and can easily go anywhere she wants without human intervention, but we're told that even a sentient starship fights better with a crew. The race that ... built the Ship's brain found that an AI would often surmise what another AI would do in battle, but it was much harder to anticipate future actions when an AI was.