They destroyed three of our planets. Daily we are losing ships. The combined industrial capacity of our enemies is killing us all slowly and the recen... setbacks of ours and our allies are unsettling. We lost half our fleet in the attack on the Collective, another ten percent near Earth in the Milky Way and we lost nine percent of our remaining fleet last week. We are down to thirty percent of our original fleet. We have four hundred and fifty ships, and that includes those that are defending. .. And, James' big day,"his boss says helping him out of his chair.We take the lift downstairs and James and I head to a lunchroom where hestands next to a vending machine getting his purse out of his handbag, Iask him what he wants, and I get him a bottle of water.As I'm doing that Jamie sits down clearing his skirt as he sits down - Ilove watching him do that, it's so ladylike.He gulps down a couple of mouthfuls of water as he takes off one of hisearrings and makes his phone calls. One sounds. But it's rather obvious. He gets home such late hours. I mean you are a human being and..." Kevin, what are you saying?" she demanded, knowing full well that he was venturing in where only young people today dared venture. But he didn't realize that such an intrusion would only upset her more. "Honey, I know you mean well, but I can't take this talk." You're a human animal as well as a human being," he continued stubbornly. "You have needs, excesses in your system that require... attention.... Ducking the issue, he said, "You're a mother."Alice snorted and asked, "How do you think I became a mother?"Andrew answered, "You and he never ... you know ... did anything remotely sexual in front of me." What kind of parents would we have been if we had sex in front of you?" Not very good ones," Andrew said."I knew I shouldn't have let your father give you the talk about the birds and the bees. I know that he covered the mechanics of reproduction, but not the emotional side of it all. I'm.