"Holy shit! This chick was amazing! Not only had she been able to track me down in the middle of the Atlantic, and get aboard this boat with no one th... wiser, but she, or THEY, had somehow found out about my having copied the disc! I didn't find out until later that it was the disc, itself that told them I had copied it."Of course." I replied, trying not to look surprised. "My business depends on my reputation. I do not violate my clients' trust unless they violate mine." Good." was her reply.. “They are to attack the Melanoqui. They should find them far easier without Imperial support.”“Orders sent. Symbionts launching.”“Exactly as we expected,” Clessik stated quietly.“Yes, sir,” Commodore Nivishk agreed.“Stick to the plan; do not let them close. Destroyers and Corvettes are to engage their auxiliary vessels, launch fighters and bombers to hit the known vulnerable targets on the Battlespheres.”“Yes, sir!”The flagship began to thrum as it rotated on its axis whilst falling away from. I was ready for him to make the last trip and as he did so I sang out,” Don’t forget your clothes and the coffee is made.”“I will be right back,” he said.He arrived at the back door, quite dirty after all the work in the trench etcetera.“Come in. Would you like to take a shower? You have all these clean clothes to change back into, “ I suggested.“That would be very much appreciated,” He replied.I showed him the spare bedroom and bathroom we have for guests. I had deliberately not put a towel. Spence was tired from the exercise. Ariel guided him to the mini-set of bleachers outside the court fence. No one else was using the dual courts. They sat and sipped their liquids, cooling down. The air was balmy in April, especially this late in the afternoon. The equinox was barely passed, it was officially Spring but still not really warm. Spence felt a chill as he wiped sweat from his forehead. ‘You did pretty well today. I saw some improvement in your return strokes. Maybe tomorrow we can.