”“What about Tandor? We have a fleet there.”“Commander Lillslik, do you have a response to that?” Al asked. “Oh, sorry, I have him on a pr...vate link. He wants you to know, as the man in charge of the scheduling arriving vessels, they’re all busy on other missions. There are no ships available for the defense of Tandora.”“But surely you can’t expect to defeat Tandora with a single ship?”“Rollsqmarsh,” Al spoke aloud. “Feel free to bring your ships into play. It’s still a little early, but I. He and I ... well you know”“Yes; I thought you were a well-made couple”“Nice of you, after you and I split. Except he got to Bristol and I didn’t get my grades. He didn’t let me get in his way. He’s doing medicine”“I can guess what he’ll specialise in. Cheer up, he’ll be struck off as soon as he qualifies”“Dave! You are awful.But you’re right. We did let that all get distracting. Well I did. He just got his end away and went back to work. I had to ... never mind”“I get the picture. Boys are. We were very early. One of the cars was Brody’s and he was setting up the karaoke rig. Another car was Stan and Lita’s and they were standing around waiting. The third car belonged to the president of the Parent Board.Kendi parked, following the directions of the parking attendant. I got out and ran around to open Kendi’s door. I hugged her and kissed her.“Into the valley of death rode the 600.”“Longfellow?”“Thank you! I always thought I was average.”“Are you going to be like this tonight?”“No.. She gave a small laugh showing off her white teeth and said, "no, I come from a family of law enforcers, my father was a pilot in Nam before becoming a cop he taught me to fly." Oh, was your father in the FBI?" Roy asked."No, dad was a sheriff in a small town. He tried to join when he got out of the service, but back then old J. Edgar wouldn't allow someone in who had a mixed kid even if he wasn't married to her mother." Tia answered him."And now the mixed kid is herself in," Roy.