The crew was all safely tucked away in their hibernaculi and didn’t require a heated and re-circulated atmosphere. She would tend to this tomorrow. ...ethany stripped out of her uniform, took a shower, and crawled naked into the First Officer’s hibernation capsule as SAL watched her every move. She was reluctant to fall asleep, being as she was at SAL’s mercy, but that was now the new norm, and she had to reconcile herself to the vagaries of having no one to accompany her on the long voyage,. She said thanks and we started talking about things. I got a call from my wife so excused myself and went to the balcony to talk. In the meanwhile, priya took out the beer and glasses with some eatables for the drinks. I came back and she winked asking what was she inquiring. I said nothing much just a normal call, told her that I’ll be little late.She was like that’s ok, come sit and she started pouring the beer into glasses. We raised a toast and started drinking. She is a fast drinker like. When he was satisfied outside, he did the exploring and sniffing thing all over again, in the house.Slowly Benjamin and I walked through the entire house. He seemed to want to see in every room, and made a point of walking in, looking around, turning in a three-sixty, and walking back out, satisfied. Rebecca and Colleen followed us, just as intrigued as me. We smiled at each other as Benjamin took us on a tour of our home. When he nosed into my side of the master closet, I looked at my ladies. So I finally mustered up the courage and stepped outside. I could hear music and giggling from the girls’ room and exhaled deeply, then walked downstairs and poured myself a lemonade. It was too nice a day to stay inside. Normally, temperatures were close to hundred at this time of day, but a few days of rain a week ago had cooled Florida down. With a little shade, it was just perfect to sit outside.I sat on the swing on the back porch and sucked on the straw, wondering how I would survive the.