"Or a kiss. OK it's harder for guys. All the girls don't get desperate until three weeks 'fore leavin' for Uni."Abigail spluttered. "Are you saying on...y desperate girls go fer yer." Well you did," Simon replied and then gave a smirk. "But ... Ah'm not totally like ya. Ah wanna get to know my lovers 'fore opening up the bed to 'em." I do too," Abigail replied. "With Alistair we played on his computer thing for an hour before I even kissed him. And that Sean who played on the football team. We. I will age slower than even the Asorian women that also have unnaturally have extremely long-life spans.So, I am hard to kill, and will look young for a very long time. Then we have to take a look at my mind that also had to be improved to accept large blocks of information, and for that information to be retained as long as I am alive. I was trained while I slept to get here in every known style of unarmed combat on earth. To also be as good as any top-rated sniper, marksmen, and gunsmith in. How deep do you think the hole is?" About three feet." At this rate it'll take forever to get to China." Perhaps I may be of assistance?" Who are you?" I'm Mr. Peabody and this is my boy Sherman. Say hello, Sherman." Hello." I'm your canis ex machina." What's that?" Canis ex machina is Latin and means literally ?dog out of the machine.' It's a dramatic device where a superior dog (myself, of course)unexpectedly steps into the middle of a plot and resolves a seeminglyirresolvable problem. It's. " And a couple of interested males who've already done it." She reached over and touched my sleeve. "You ARE giving it serious thought, aren't you?" Yes, I am, sugar. I have some ideas." Good! You know your business. I think Dan does, too. You two should be compatible. I mean, look at your choice in wives..." another sassy smirk.For the remainder of the flight we talked about a wide range of subjects, as was normally the case.Snow. Little girls from south Louisiana don't know about snow. We.