Shortly thereafter, I discovered another thing I liked about Chinese culture, they love to package up their hugely excessive leftovers and give them t... the guest of honor. That may have been something they did just for me this time, but it was this time that mattered the most to me, so I considered it a triumph of Chinese culture.I was given enough food to EASILY last until Monday's lunch, so it looked like I'd be eating Chinese for lunch after all.Between their fantastic food, their very. Ship projected that the interstellar corpse would pass harmlessly off the port bow by two hundred thousand kilometers, but the AI, using an abundance of caution, had decided to double that distance.With practiced mental effort I shifted my focus outside our home. In the compound sensors of the single surviving remote drone stationed off our stern I could see ghostly blue-white traces of gamma radiation growing in the deep pit of the massive main engine as the antimatter reactor began to. By the time that we both settledfor sleep, it was very late. I changed the alarm so that we wouldn't getup for a bike ride. There was no sleep-in though, as the sound ofpneumatic drills filtered through the window."What time is it?" groaned Helen."Seven," I replied peering at the time through bleary eyes."I feel like I've only had a few hours sleep." We have only had a few hours sleep," I replied, trying not to smile.Helen didn't like having so little sleep.The shower didn't help much and we. ’ ‘I could work on it for you.’ Lys smiled and said ‘knew I could count on you.’ Wil smiled a little naughtily as he said ‘only comfortable place to lay is my bed.’ ‘I guess that will have to do’ said Lys with a wicked little grin. Wil took her now empty snifter and led her upstairs by the hand. As Wil went to the bath to find his massage oil he motioned to the bed and said ‘top off and lay on your stomach. When he came back into the bedroom, he smiled broadly. Lys lay there completely naked..