An incredibly thin and beautiful female being floated more than walked towards me. She wore Union black and saluted. “Specialist Brana Noleii, repor...ing Captain.” She held out her orderchip.She was as tall as me, appeared as if someone had successfully mixed a very beautiful female with an exquisite flower; threw in vispy veils and almost insubstantial wings. I had heard of Delicates but never seen one before.“Welcome aboard Specialist Noleii, what are you specialist in, if I may ask?”“I am the. ”“It’s okay,” she sighed and released me. “It felt, er, very good while it lasted, I suppose.”I winced at her words, and my face heated up in shame.“Give me another chance,” I said earnestly, ignoring her question. “I’ll do better, I swear it.”She looked at me in confusion for a moment, then glanced down between us.“Oh, well, if you can handle it…”I barked out an involuntary laugh and shook my head at the absurdity of my life. “Oh, I’m going to bloody well handle it, all right.” I stared down. What is it?”“You know I went down to LA to interview for a position with a film company, well, I got the job!”“That’s wonderful. Great news, way to go! I never had a doubt. Another toast!”They raised their glasses and drank heartily.“And that’s not all,” her look indicated something big was to follow.“I’m on the edge of my seat; you found a place to live?”She inched closer to the table. “I met a man.”The world as he knew it, as he wanted it to be, fell away. The table began to spin. There was. I know we talked about it before but I never really thought I would ever have sex with anyone other than you ever, but I have to say I was surprised how easy it was to get into it. I was beginning to think you were never going to pick up on the subtle hints they were both dropping but you finally clued in.”“Yeah, I was a little slow catching on.” I laughed. “I wasn’t really sure how things would go but those guys were great the way they sort of led things along. One thing’s for sure; I have no.