Alicia was determined that her family be clear in their minds that she was choosing me to be her boyfriend. Mr. Thompson was voicing his pushback at t...at idea by pointing out the inappropriateness of an employee's being in that role, and Alicia's need to face up to society's expectations of a young lady in her position--THAT got her back up. Mrs. Thompson was only interjecting every now and then, trying to walk the fine line of being supportive of her daughter as an emerging adult, but not. “It makes some sense. The guns can be more powerful if they are in fixed mounts rather than fully mobile turrets. But I agree, that looks like a dangerous ship to be in.”I turned the sensor scan opaque so we could see the space directly in front of us. Blaine was watching the screen and called out. “We have a ship approaching from our one o’clock.”“Castle class,” I said. “Probably just to escort us in. Watch them and definitely don’t run into them.”“Fly casual?” Ensign White asked.“You know. It’s noonish ... I’d slept myself out ... so I looked both ways ... twice.These folks drive on the left but at sea boats must obey right of way. And sailboats not under power have right of way ... as long as the sailboat isn’t stupid about it. Ships are clumsy and slow to stop.Island Terrace has a designated bike and pedestrian path on the left. Island Terrace is one street of a six street intersection ... although two of those streets could rightly be called a boulevard. There is a grassy. “Let’s go somewhere a little more private,” he whispered as he came up for air.Looking around I saw nothing but hundreds and hundreds of people in the party mood, “Like where?”“Over near the shops,” he said.We worked our way through the crowds, holding each other tight – there was no way we were going to be separated! Eventually we slipped into the darker recess of the shop doorway, just off the main footpath where people were passing in their hundreds. But it was comparatively quiet and.