We humans tend to regard non-human aliens as inferiors and as humans in 'rubber suits.' In the case of the Vix, I guess that would be a furry suit. Ye..., I'm intellectualizing. "You would cherish her, protect her. You didn't even know that you did it, but you projected the right image into the minds of your ship mates so that they accepted Silvia as a stupid animal and a valuable ship's mascot. That saved Silvia's life. Don't look startled, Mother Regina. Nolan uses multiple tools. It's part of. So had lots to catch up.The 1st day was a cocktail in the banquet of the same hotel, so we were dressed up in western attire as was the dress code. I was in my one piece red dress that was deep from the cleavage showing most of it. My husband used to love me dressing up in revealing dresses and I had a collection of it by now.We met a lot of old friends including Aditi’s ex Vishaal who was there for the wedding, which was a surprise. We all drank danced and met up after really long. We had a. ”“Well, you look better than I thought you would. Though what are you doing here, you’re supposed to be resting.”“I was on my way back from the airport and decided to stop by.”“Ah, so what do you need?”“I’ll be in tomorrow if that’s OK? I’ve got about 2 weeks until school starts, and I need to work as much as I can.”“I get that, though I figured with your windfall Saturday you’d be sticking to your normal schedule.”“Nope, that’s going in the bank. The bet money is being set aside for. Is that correct, Ms Croft?”She nodded her assent.It wasn’t the behaviour most would expect from a pair about to couple, but Mark had no doubts about the chemistry between them. He could feel it behind her cool persona and clinical words, the burning desire and frustration. Like him, she was a master of keeping herself in check. But he recognized the signs in her tightly controlled body language, her overly cool and frosty voice. The ice that hides fire.They drank their overly expensive coffee.