"Will she be willing though?" the second man asked."You saw, she will do exactly as told. I will have her ready before his birthday," Ari said.It soun...ed a lot to me like they planned some kind of abduction. Ari didn't mind me hearing because he thought he had me under control. I had no idea why he would think that. I lay there listening for several minutes before Ari noticed me again."Go out and get ready to dance," he said.I went through the night's dancing without any real trouble. Roland. Twenty men may not sound like enough to man a star freighter, but the Kobold was nearly new. She was about as automated as a ship can be and still cross the emptiness between the stars."Class Three warning! Ten seconds"At the proper instant a faint nudge of returning weight pressed down on me, building quickly until I was almost at a third of my normal weight. We would hold it there for a full eight hour shift before going to Class Four, and not until we were almost at our destination would we. Ordinarily I would have helped, or tried to, but she wouldn't thank me if I inadvertently involved her in the mess I was in; I walked on.Finally, disgusted—what the hell was Estrada waiting for?—I stopped for lunch. I ordered a club sandwich but could eat only half of it. I had no appetite, and no patience for just sitting and eating. Usually I'd have told them to box up the rest and taken it home for later, but when the waitress asked I just shook my head. I gave her my credit card, signed the. From the OPF, I took them to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) and took them up the high-speed, glass-enclosed elevator to the top floor, then up a flight of stairs and out onto the roof. That took special clearance but was granted to us because of Diana. “Oh wow! You can see forever up here!”“I know! I’ve never been up here before.”“Really?”“Nope. But thanks to the Physics Girl, I get to see it.”“Aww. You are just so sweet,” she said and kissed me.Don said, “Guys? I’m afraid of heights, so.