If she wanted to believe I was special in the sack who was I to disabuse her."I'd love to," I said.I followed her to the staff dorm and up to the seco...d floor. She closed the door behind us. She rummaged around inside her closet and emerged with a bottle of LBV port and two glasses. One of Halliday's rules was no alcohol. Of course, it was also routinely ignored but staff did try to be discreet.She poured two generous glasses and brought it over. "Cheers." Prosit," I answered and we clinked. Like kissing ... and I didn’t know it.”Mindy looked at her daughter, who looked shocked. She used the pause to speak.“It’s not like it sounds,” she said. “When we met you, it was ... odd. We’re not hermits, but at the same time, we don’t have a wide circle of friends. So being so intimately involved with anybody was different for us. And because of who you were, a sort of half mythical person, that made it even more intense. I think it caught us both by surprise. And when you add in that you’re. He meets her a short while later walking up the steps of the Humanities building. ‘Show-off!’ she snaps. He can’t tell whether she’s joking and tries a light, self-deprecating tone. ‘Energy to burn, what with so much mind work.’ ‘Well don’t feel you have to impress me.’ ‘No chance of that. I was doing my best to keep out of your way.’ ‘Then you failed.’ ‘No, you failed to keep ahead of me.’ They smile fiercely and part. She looks good with her hair pinned back and the colour from running in her. How do I put this? This is not a criticism, or a judgement, but I ... need to concentrate too, and it would be easier if ... I were less aware of you as a woman.”She grinned what I could only describe as a ‘gamine’ grin. “Can I take that as a compliment?”“Yes, you can, but I hope you also take it as a request and a warning.” My voice was as serious as I could make it. “Okay then; equally serious; keep your hands behind the blade.” I held out my hands, turning them to show the healed scars from.