I merely make the daily decisions which need to be approved, while she’s kept our people together, strong and resilient, despite overwhelming odds.�...�“Good, I suppose that means we’re done assigning names, at least for now.”“Great,” Gary teased, “now that you’ve officially named everything, we may as well head on to our next adventure.”Al chuckled. “Not quite, but there’s little sense having two separate ships waiting for our landing parties. Triznor, I’d like you to investigate Takrrq to see if. If the Insane One was to be believed, then she was not insane. Thus, what DID happen? Something, certainly. Into the central chamber went the most decorated intellectual in her species history. Out came ... a zealot.What is known is that the P'aqt research facility literally imploded as she fled through the station. The work of years, resources that would take the planets decades to recover ... gone. So too, all data. All hope of understanding. The pride of their culture now preached insanity,. "Karen glanced back at him and wondered how she'd possibly failed to notice his muscles straining against his t-shirt. In light of that, his comment about working with his hands conjured up an entirely different image in her head. She could feel her cheeks warming, and quickly turned back to the computer. "They get easier to use all the time. I never hurts to learn." Yeah, I know," he admitted with a little chuckle.Still a little nervous about having noticed just how attractive the young. "There are so manyphonies out there and so few real men." I followedthis statement with some shy, eyelid batting andDavid nearly hyperventilated. I was amazed at theintensity of my power over men."Say, Nicole," he croaked, "Did anyone tell you aboutthe bar, Three Blind Mice? Some of us from work gothere now and then. Would you like to stop by afterwork?"I gave my nuclear-explosion smile and his heartalmost went into meltdown. "That would be so nice.Will you be there, David? At say, around.