They hop in t. I got in the back the Girl had long blonde hair an the Guy had hippie look . She said You want some wine I said sure an drank some , S...e asked how old I was , I said 22 , She said hey Hun He's cute , yeah , maybe He like to party with us , she said well did ya , I said sure . We drove another few miles an saw a girl hitch hiking , an pulled over for Her too , she got in , an sat next to Me , I said Hi , she said Hello , now where You heading Missy He asked She said oh not far ,. . " Thank you, Governor. We have things to discuss. Can I meet with your senior Civil Service officer and your facilities engineer, say over lunch?"The Colonel made an appointment at the Officers' Club for 12:30 hours, and shortly afterwards left. Lieutenant Carruthers, on the other hand, stuck around. It turned out that the AIs on the vessels above were not terribly interested in discussing with a lowly Lieutenant matters that were not in his purview, but recognized the far-junior-ranked Optio. Mother laid a special charge on me concerning you."I looked down, pretending to study a leaf. "Ease my heart?" I asked. Though I knew the answer, I had to ask. "In what way?" Too many times you have been unhappy in this world," She said. "I, and the others, have been the cause of your unhappiness far too many times."There was truth in that, but what could I say? "I am in Her service," I replied. That simple statement, no more than the absolute truth, had carried me through more difficult times.
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