"Sit, you three. We'll have your breakfast in a moment." We'll help..." Sandra started."Sit," Diana reiterated. "You can help cook in the morning if y...u want."Art was certain they were going to be kidded mercilessly, but other than offering warm greetings and congratulations to the three newlyweds, the men simply continued their conversation for the couple of minutes before Diana and the others began to put the food on the table.Diana stood smiling at them. "We've already asked the blessing. " Don't worry about it for a minute." She stood up and took my hand."Let's go down to the kitchen and have some lunch."As we sat drinking coffee after our light meal I wondered why thisMistress was helping me. After all it was my job to get the meal andserve her but she did most of it and we both sat down together to eat atthe same time. Suddenly she broke into my thoughts."Can you remember anything about water tanks?"My immediate thought was that it was a strange question, because it wasone. He looked good. Very fit, not much different at 23 then he had at 18 when they were together.She'd followed him for awhile now like an unseen spy satellite in the sky. She followed him home, a nice condo, good for a bachelor. There was no sign of any woman's things in his apartment, he never called anyone or got calls from anyone other then a work mate and his parents. He mostly just sat in his chair, watched TV or played video games. He had a golden retriever to keep him company. Socializing. And you invented the star drive?" Not quite. Do you remember the Io incident?" Vaguely. It was a long time ago." The guys that blew up the Io did the basic math, but they didn't follow through with the details. I got it to work." Is that why the ship's shaped like a doggy toy?"I was beginning to lose faith in this man. "Err, yes. The double conic is the shape of the fields that form the drive. I call them slipstream fields for the way they work."I thought for a bit. He may just be.