I expect you to be a tad more serious!”“And where do you come from? Didn’t I see you in the engine room with a cloud of parts?”“I decided to...be part of this mission. You did not order me to do anything specific. Circuit did not need me.”“Well in that case, if Circuit says so.”Narth sounded very Narth like and very serious. “How does one quantify a ‘tad’?”Of all beings present on the crowded bridge, it was TheOther who raised his upper right arm. “A tad is a small indefinite amount or a small. .. kinky…. I, um, I like it…”“Wait there.”She turned and walked out of the room. I heard her take a couple of paces along the landing and open a door. A minute later she returned with some clothes in her hands and dropped them on the bed.I looked at her and then at the small pile of clothes.“Would you like to try these?” she asked softly.I nodded. I was trembling. “Yes…”She lifted the chemise over my shoulders, leaving me naked again apart from the stockings and handed me the short navy skirt.. "Your children?" He asked surprised looking at his mother and then back to her."You will find..." Resumar spoke now as he came down the short flight of steps into the main area. "You will find that my brothers and sisters and I do not distinguish who our birth mothers are." He stated matter of factly. "As far as we are concerned, they are all our mothers. And that is how we treat them." They watched as Resumar leaned over For'mya's shoulder and dropped an affectionate kiss on her cheek as if to. "I mean, being a church tour, you want to be way above board, and it's a little difficult for a single guy and a single girl to travel together and appear that way." Then we agreed that it wasn't anyplace we weren't heading anyway," Crystal finished. "I mean, I think both of us had pretty well made up our minds that it was something we wanted to do before next season started, and this way we get the winter to work things in." Any ideas about a wedding?" Scooter asked. "I take it you're planning.