" About that," Admiral Timmons said. "I've seen the signoffs on the orders appointing him governor. They include the Naval Chief of Research and Devel...pment." Wonderful," James said with a groan as he swung his body around. He put the injured leg on a pillow and then leaned back again. "How about you explain to me how someone who is responsible for research and development can appoint a governor to a planet that is already under the administration of a military district? I would imagine that. The summer house that my aunt had taken me to, when she had taken my virginity, was a place I was quite familiar with, having in the past been playing in there with my cousin, my aunts only daughter Babs, who at f******n, was 1 year younger that me. We were like brother and sister, we would go there and play mums and dads, Babs would sit up on a chest that was about 3 foot tall, and she would lift her legs up to show her knickers to me. Being a curious kind of boy I wondered what was hidden. But the reality wasn't so bad. Just not actually that wonderful.”“So maybe it's something that would be on many people's list but doesn't have to be on ours,” I said.“Precisely,” she said with a definite touch of relief. “In a way, I would like to do it with you, but not for the thrill, more for the intimacy. Because of what we share, our mutual quest.”“You're amazing,” I replied. “You understand things that...”“I'm a teacher,” she said pointedly. “I have always encouraged students to be. But..." his head lowered."What?" I cheated on you in San Francisco." Anyone I know?" Dotty," he said regretfully."You like them cute and petite?" she muttered, but amazingly, though Kenneth couldn't see it with his head hanging down, I could see her Mona Lisa smile."It ... it was in the line of duty," he told her. "Otherwise I would never have done it. As it was, I felt wracked with guilt." During?" No. Afterwards." He finally looked at her. "But it hit me pretty hard. And worse, while I fucked.