“I do not know how you survived. Even without the demons and rogue vampires. Did you know you put six percent of your entire national budget into sc...ools?”“We-phgttbtbth!” Tiff said, trying to protest while also sticking her tongue out at him and blowing a raspberry. The airlock door opened and two new people entered it. One of them was an officer that Tiff hadn’t met before – which made sense, it was a big ship and she’d only been walking around it for a few days now. The other was Sebastian.. I am actually in my old college town. I am with my boss and we are trying to convince a prospective client to use us instead of our biggest competitor. We have spent the day at their office and now after having dinner my boss wants to take the prospect out on the town. The subject of strip clubs has come up and I say that I know where a couple of the better ones are. After all I went to school here. In fact my little sister is a freshman here right now. I have been too busy today to even. Now, that IS a tragedy. Can the healing chamber not repair the issue?”“Apparently not. It’s a genetic problem. Several of our genes are broken.”I thought that was bullshit. Someone had the knowledge to create a bioweapon which could screw up their genes but not bad enough to kill them. If they had the technology to create those healing chambers then surely they could reverse the effects of that weapon.“Well, I think you should try it and make sure. And, if nothing else, I think we would both. She held my hand in the darkness. My heart missed a beat. She didn’t say anything. Slowly I sat beside her. She leaned towards me, still holding my hand. My heart thumped wildly as I placed my hand on her shoulders. I pulled her towards me. I kissed her gently on her forehead and cheeks. With my other hand I pulled off her sari from her shoulders. I rested my hand on the opening of her blouse. I rubbed the skin portion below her neck. She leaned her head against my face. I inserted my hand.