I just didn’t know. I’d found the unconditional love I was looking for. I’d found an ability to be able to return it. My mind blanked out every ...ther aspect, every other possible problem, every other realistic event. I lived totally in the moment. And then it ended. Like the click of a locked door on a jail cell. To say I was devastated sounds so trite. I couldn’t stomach food for three weeks. I couldn’t stand to be in the kitchen cooking dinner for my family. My stomach kept heaving. I picked. We also don’t need to actively engage our foes. We only have to get near enough for them to scan us to test whether we’re able to withstand their mental probes. Once they’re aware of us, we can haul ass back where we have the support of other Tandorian ships.”“Except, as you well know, we can’t reverse the ship’s trajectory fast enough. It takes time to come to a halt, giving them time to target and engage us.”“Which brings me to the second part of my strategy. Instead of flying blindly, we. He says, "no, just let melook at you". He obviously likes what he sees I cansee he is getting a boner in his thick shorts. Whats funnyis that I can hear jingling every once in a while when we werekissing. He takes his keys out of his pocket and puts themon my dresser. Then he takes off his shirt. He says, "Imnot as tan as you, so dont laugh at me". I tell him itsokay and that he has a nice chest. He's blonde too andhas hardly any hair on his chest. I love that. And he asksif Ive ever had sex. Several of them, in fact. That tells me that it COULD work out.”“I keep getting the sense that I’m out of my element here,” I said.“And yet, despite being off-balance, you’re doing just fine in the conversation. So tell me, besides a shared vision of the future, compatible goals, friendship, and love, what do you need from a relationship?”“An equal partner. True intimacy.”“‘True’ intimacy?” she queried. “That sounds like you don’t mean sex.”“I don’t. I mean sure, sex is part of it, but true.