Some fairly high-rank French Aeronavale officers and D'Assault executives are coming in town to visit the Blue Cube."Deb frowned. "Commander, I seriou...ly doubt I'll have the time to squire your visitors around. I'm a busy woman."This time there was genuine amusement in the laugh. "No, Miss Reineau. Not you. Your protégée... Officer Candidate Collins. Petty Officer Collins won't do for the French, but Officer Candidate Collins, whose parents are into viticulture, would provide a wonderful escort. Just in case, he also replicated six clips, fully loaded, so that he wouldn't have to fool around if he got into a bind. He also replicated his favorite snack, a hot Ruben sandwich and a cold bottle of beer. He set the empty bottle in the corner of his "prison" for Hanglointherlastimmenos to puzzle over after Doug left.Doug decided that he was lucky that Hanglointherlastimmenos was so damned egotistical. Any sane person would have tried to take the replicator away from Doug before leaving him. We didn't spend much time together the rest of the day and she wasn't around when I was getting ready to leave. I didn't see her in the halls to say goodnight and she wasn't in her office so I just left to meet Heather at our appointed time.We met in the mall entrance near the restaurant and she met me with a hug and a smile. We walked in to the restaurant and were seated pretty quickly."So to what do I owe the pleasure of this get together?" Heather asked sarcastically."Can't I just spend some. The woman beside him fidgeted and looked like she had something on her mind that was difficult to express in words.“Ummm – “She started but was abruptly cut off by Momoa’s sharp tone.“It was your idea, why are you nervous all of a sudden?” Momoa barked.“Momoa! You, we need this.” It was her only answer.Her hooded figure still made Lucian wonder what she really looked like, she had not time to find extra clothes that weren’t revealing too much, like her current ones. And Lucian suddenly realized.