Over lunch we covered some things we hadn’t talked about while chatting. The place he took me to was a nice little diner; we were given two kinds of...‘looks’. The ones showing some distaste for what I was and/or us as a pair; others were nicer ones of ‘knowing’ what was going on [or not] with us and a little approval of us. Our waitress was warm and friendly, a little on the slutty side and, as she warmed my coffee once, whispered to me, “Have fun you lucky bitch.” I gave her a little smile and. ”“I never thought of it that way,” Shelly said, then quickly added when Sonia gave her an incredulous look. “I mean about you having your own thoughts and feelings. I suspect Shlee would understand that a lot better than I do, but I understand what you’re saying. You were programmed with certain skills, but you weren’t forced to like those skills with your programming.”“Who doesn’t like sex?” Shemhazau asked as though neither one had explained. “Did they get your wiring wrong? Maybe they forgot. He’d wanted her for years, and now he had her. Jim parked in the street in front of the house. With Harriet and Mildred still cleaning up the reception at the club, he took Bridget’s coat himself. He hung it in the hall closet with his. He led her upstairs.“My room,” he said opening the door. He was glad to see that Mildred had cleaned it since he’d dressed for the wedding. “Our room, now.” He struck a match and lit two gas mantles. The light dispersed the gloom of dusk from the room.Bridget. With your permission, Captain, I would like to devotemyself to the study of those files. If we are fortunate, they maycontain something that will aid us." Good idea, Spock. Report to me with any findings."Spock departed for his quarters, which left me and Kirk riding theturbolift up to the bridge together."I think I may have a way of disrupting their beam," I said. "What if weuse a shuttlecraft?" If a shuttlecraft got in the path of those beams it would bedestroyed," he said."Which is why I'm.