The stores were needed for a star ship that operated beyond the frontier, beyond ready assistance. I might have been able to install all the weaponry ...yself, but with Solace Marsh Hare would be ready when we emerged from jump space."Why do you call this the Marsh Hare?" Solace asked."There are thousands of stories about rabbits and hares," I explained. "Long-eared rodents with short tails. Rabbit is what most predators eat. We humans love to munch bunnies. Sometimes the rabbit is able to. Watch your back, though. The bastards are always up to something." He said it jovially, but his eyes were deadly serious.Thule wondered, with more than idle curiosity, how much Randy knew about the machinations of the Vandevoorts. Hours of poring over the dry language of corporate reports, wedding announcements, and the careful doublespeak of official press releases had revealed a family that could give the Borgias a run for their money. But, Thule knew how much he had to read into what he. It'd be an hour later and Donna said "Let's go up" as she said it Geoff re-appeared and said "I need another drink", so the three of us had another couple of drinks, and in talking Geoff told us how hard life was for him, but he loved his wife so much her life has now become his. Donna looked at me with that special 'look' she has and said to Geoff "Come and have a drink in our room".He said "Ok", as we walked up to our room Geoff said "Only one mind I have to get back", as we got into our room. It was clubwear, notdaywear. Still, I had gathered up the more conservative offerings thatI had come across. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try them on at least.To my annoyance, I found myself catching people giving me weird lookswhenever I picked up anything even remotely feminine. I had somehowonce again forgotten that today, apparently, me dressing like a girlmade me some kind of crossdresser. The cashier, a juicy little brunettewith long hair and perky tits, seemed to be keeping an especially.