I tried, but I think it was too late. He never would have been happy if none of the boxes opened for him. Did they?” he asked.Kim shook her head.Ale... sighed, sad to have lost his lover even though he had known it was inevitable. He wondered if Jahn knew just how sick he was? He doubted a new box would have done him any good.Alec would later learn the illness Jahn had was called cancer. The cancer had spread to all of Jahn’s organs. It was the corruption of so much of Jahn’s body at the cellular. You've given him his freedom again, thank you for being so good hearted." You both have worked hard to get the Sundowner up and running Jean, this is just a small token of our appreciation."...The Sundowner was doing extra well, we were just about run off our feet. We had a visit from Sister Maria one day, she had someone in the car with her who remained seated while she came into the shop."Tony, I have a request to make of you, if you don't want to help I will understand and not hold it. "Look, girls you two sort it out while I go and have a cup of coffee," I said."No, you don't," snapped Lila. "I've been working my tits off and now I want some fun." There, do you see anything?" I asked Lila who was head was deep inside the scanner hood."Yeah," she said.We had been scanning only the visual frequencies, so as not to give ourselves away."Looks like 4 or 5 battle Stars to me with a shit load of support ships, too," she said. "They're not radiating at the moment so we can't fire. “Don’t you want to know more? Aren’t you curious?” “Not really.” “I was thinking about you.” “That’s flattering.” “I’m serious. And I did it on the airplane.” That got my attention. I turned to look at her. “Now you’re talking. Really?” She nodded, smiling, and trying not to blush. I was conflicted. “All right,” I said at last, and picked up my notepad. “Tell me about it.” Looking triumphant, she pulled over a chair and sat down, crossing her legs and folding her hands in her lap. I.