Suddenly Igwanda's fairly casual perambulation around the meadow as he monitored bits and pieces of the current sessions was interrupted by Shaw's urg...nt voice over his communicator."Carlos, sorry to say it, but you have trouble coming. We've been tracking a big storm that just veered off toward you, and you're going to get hit hard in about an hour and a half."The colonel drew away from the others. "How bad, Bernard?" High winds, gusts up to about eighty klicks. Shitload of rain. Worst of all,. . we’ve gotta work something out. I’m ... a slut. I’ve tried not being a slut. Look where that got me!“Clearly, you’re a slut, too, so the only practical solution is for both of us to share. Aren’t we a match made in Hell, right? I can’t ask you to stop being a horndog and you can’t ask me not to be a fucking cum whore, because that’s just who and what I am. Was that the substance or essence of your little video, dear?” Christine pushed back her golden bangs as we dried each other off.“Pretty. And it feels good, let me tell you. I will never get tired of giving Liz orders, or Mom, for that matter. And even you! It’s great to be able to snap my fingers and make my own dad do what I want.”“How many hetaerae are you superior to now at the Temple?”“So far, only four. There’s Liz, of course. Inducted ten minutes after me. Then there’s Mika and Tatyana, inducted around the time Leon was born. And lastly there’s Anippe.”“What do you think of her?”“Anippe? She’s ok. She’s the only hetaera. He wanted to know if the NUSS Ulster was anywhere close to the planet Gilese 876. Trina and Shamus compared information and decided they were about 10 light years from the planet. Michael asked if a communications link through the Ulster could be set up, so that he could contact the people on the planet.Trina assured him it could, but a better link could be established if the ship could travel at warp 5 for two days. Thinking, Michael decided that if the link was understandable, he would like.