"Lee's face fell.Sherry stomped around in the minefield a bit. "No, it's NOT Lane."Lee's mouth flopped open like she was going to say something."I kno... you know about me and Lane, but we never did THAT. This is mine and Ted's."Waitress showed up with our appetizers.When she left, Lee's speech centers spooled up. She fixed me in that brown eye that I knew had gold flecks in it. "You told her I knew?"I nodded."Sherry, this guy's seriously disjointed in the head." I know," Sherry said. "He's my. "Yes. The beverage is extracted from the roots of the santolan bush which grows only in the northwest sector of Zantor. It is quite intoxicating."The other crewmen sipped the santo and had similar reactions. They grinned in satisfaction as they licked their lips.Antara smiled at their reactions. "Please. Help yourself to the food men."They tried small samples of the offerings and found everything absolutely delicious. They agreed that Zantoran food was better than Earth food. They all. ”“By your command!”“Their status?” Neevoo demanded as the Battlesphere Return of the Righteous started drifting out of alignment with the other Battlespheres.“The Imperial fleet have damaged their core reactor grid, they need to withdraw to make repairs,” his Executive Officer Troveel informed him.“Impossible,” Neevoo almost spluttered.“The Imperial beam weapons are more effective than ours and they are all targeting a single point whilst their symbiont vessels engage ours, creating gaps in the. Cheryl told me that was about all she could get him to do on a regular basis. She also convinced him to do at least some body weight exercises like pushups and pull ups two days a week, but he really didn't enjoy exercise. She could get him out on long walks once in a while. I told her I'd be glad to give her a workout whenever she wanted. She caught my double meaning, but didn't say anything, she just gave me a sly look.We finished up our weights. I wanted to stretch after the workout. Cheryl.