A man was standing on the running board of the cart and disembarked as it slowed to a crawl near them, approaching Montague.“All the preparations ha...e been made, Captain.” The man said curtly.“Lieutenant.” Montague replied. “Cait’s Chariot is en route, likely a week out, from the manifest it appears it was hauling water and electronics, mostly consumer grade.”The man nodded then glanced to Rhys and Cait, his gaze flicking over Cait in her state of distress, half undressed and missing her. With our new CALF, Computer Assisted Lens Focusing, the camera lenses will zoom in on an area of the room showing the largest percentage of skin tones associated with motion.’ And then there was a bunch of stuff in fine print, like a new car ad. ‘Maybe you could run it past this stuff,’ Sherrie muttered. But the promo was dissolving into the scene from the alcove in the Ultra-Platinum Room. I kicked off my shoes and climbed onto the bed beside her. I was beat, too. ‘Oh, God!’ Sherrie exclaimed,. It's over four light years to the nearest star system. Anything that can cut that to one month would be worth any kind of work to get it. We can use our current AGD drive to let us go that fast, it's the rest that we can't do. I'm going to start work with what I currently know how to do while I wait for your translation. I'm so excited that I could bust!"Three weeks later, I had the translation of the FTL book. Jenny and I started working through it, and the more we read, the more convinced I. ..." Helooked up, his eyes steely again, as if he were chiding himself forletting his guard down. "But I never did!" Because of the work we do, I have to know," Rachel said, trying to calmthe boy. "Now, let's talk about what we do." It's some kind of adoption thing," Pete offered with hesitation,"right?"Rachel laughed. "Kind of. How do you feel about abortion?"Pete shrugged, but continued to eye Rachel with an untrusting gaze. "Ihadn't really thought about it. It's not like it's.