Inara and Mal were strongly attracted to each other but they couldn't seem to get past her chosen livelihood and his self-righteous rejection of her p...ofession. But that would have to wait; right now she had to earn a living.Inara dropped towards the town of White Pine, Boros, and she noticed how raw the world looked. Terra-forming had stabilized Atmo and gravity and accelerated soil formation. But the soil was only inches thick and would not support real trees or crops. The local community was. . but there were always more urgent things to do, darn it!), she stopped at the security desk and asked where the Sociology Department was.Ten minutes later, after having braved the labyrinth of buildings on campus, she arrived at the Sociology Department office and asked the secretary "Dr Crenshaw, please... ? My name is Lisa Cummings."As soon as the secretary announced Lisa, Venera came out to greet her. "Lisa... ! How nice to see you! You're looking well ... what can I do for you?" I was. We were fucking like rabbits back then,” Reina shouted.Karenna saw that as her cue to play referee. “Okay, you two. Let’s all calm down and talk about this like rational adults. Plenty of women have babies and go back to work, Chad. Why are you insisting that Reina can’t come back to her position here?”“Because it seems wrong to hire some stranger to watch our baby so my wife can come back to work to be my Office Whore,” Chad blurted out.“Chad, you forget one major issue here. Reina works. We ate as a group that night. I was going to see about resuming the play when the AI interrupted our meal. “Captain Parker. I have a call from Captain Prescott for you.”“Put it through,” I replied. “Ladies be quiet please.”“Aww, do we have to,” Ashley sang out with a fake pout.We heard a snort from the speaker above is. “I can hear your concubines are about as calm as mine,” Captain Prescott said.“I’m not sure I’d say they are calm,” I replied carefully. “They are trying to stay cheerful. This.