"They assumed I had shacked up with a girl in the City for a weekend or something. That would have been a better story, but it was just sad lonely me,...all by myself." What happened with Tara and Rick?" Riley asked.I chuckled. "They dated for about three months, and broke up after Christmas. So I asked Rick if he cared if I took her out, and he didn't. She and I went out a few times, slept together a couple of times, and you know what -- she was a little crazy, and the sex wasn't even. "She is a bit casual about clothing so I didn't think it would be smart to have her meet you at the door."The women chuckled and Jane said, "But Master, I thought you said this morning, the slaves in the house were supposed to be naked." Yes dear, but we don't want to make our guests uncomfortable," he replied.Sandy just shook her head. These people were definitely not your average folks. "Do I look uncomfortable?" Shall I call her out here, then?" asked Ken."Sure, I'm game."With perfect. ‘I-I was simply teasing Headmaster.’ ‘Then I accept that assurance. So why are we having this meeting?’ ‘Well firstly you failed to make a courtesy call on me when you arrived.’ Grady clasped his fingers saintly-like just under his chin and said, ‘In my book the chairman pays a courtesy call on his new headmaster.’ They stared at one another until the Colonel said, ‘I had handpicked several suitable housekeepers for you.’ ‘I regarded them as being unsuitable, all being septuagenarians. I. "Since Secundus blew up our base," Prime said, "We'll have to camp out inside the probe itself. Cybercronians, prepare to repair this ancient vessel!"And then everyone set to work to repair the probe and transform it into an adequate base.It took weeks of work, but eventually Septimus and his team overhauled and repaired the ancient probe, adding chairs to properly accomodate them. Septimus Prime himself reactivated the probe, and immediately was rewarded by a female voice saying:"Argus probe.