I haven’t been asked to turn over state secrets, as if I knew any.”“That’s not why we’re here. Well, not directly. We wondered if you might ...elp us with something. Can we please come inside?”I really didn’t want to talk to them, but remembering my dad’s advice, I figured that listening to what they had to say couldn’t hurt.“Sure. Come on in,” I said, unlocking the door and letting them in to the house.I hung my tuxedo in the closet by the front door and led them through the kitchen to my office. Ali had said that one world of this system was used as the launching point to reach the Abyss.“Ali!” I called over my shoulder. “What’s the breathy stuff on the launching off point?”“Normal!”“Breathy stuff?” Tycho sounded like she could hardly believe herself.So, the planet with an atmosphere made up of super-heated chlorine gas was not likely the place she was thinking of. The next planet had no atmosphere to speak of, save for a few wisps of methane. Ew. Ah! Oxygen, nitrogen, and a tiny. This made Joyce pull her legs up, making the skirt go higher. As it rode up, I got a tantalising view of stocking tops! Yes! She then lowered her legs a little and I continued what I was doing. We looked into each others eyes, almost daring the other to look away. I put my fingertips to the bare skin just below her neck and trailed them down to the first unopened button of her blouse. Did she want me to stop? I took her silence as my cue to continue. It popped open, the soft swell of her. Threatening one individual in the CIA had done nothing to relieve our problem. Apparently something more drastic needed to be done. I thought Tom had hit on it perfectly. Taking everyone --or as many of a branch at one time as was possible-- seemed extravagant, but logical. Plus, Tom said he could do it. He could move a lot of weight very easily, apparently.So we discussed this, and talked of all the ins and outs. Was it morally acceptable to us to do this? Well, the government thought nothing.