"Set course for Crete, please."Ashley sat in the navigation seat. "Wotan." Yes?" Adjust course. Set return point to reenter earth's atmosphere above C...ete." Done." Environmental report." Primary consumables at 25%" Backups?" Enough for 13 minutes." ETA?" 17 minutes."Ashley looked like she was trying to remember how much the ship's primary levels translated into minutes. Evidently she was satisfied with her mental estimates because she sat down and enjoyed the view.Scotty came over and hopped on. A moment later Mia felt the Princess's hand, it slid over the top of her bottom and under her blouse, warm against the small of her back, pushing her firmly against the desk.“You are doing very poorly Mia.” Liana said, a slightly playful edge to her voice. “You will hold still while you receive your penalty. Keep your legs straight.” The paddle came to rest against Mia’s behind, pressing firmly, the wood cold against her reddened skin. Liana spoke again. “Are you ready?”Mia paused for a moment. A young woman welcomed Sarah from behind the reception desk. "This is my first trip to Paris” Sarah said as she registered and handed over her passport. The clerk looked over Sarah’s reservation “this includes dinner tonight in our restaurant which is quite nice; it’s for two persons though.” “But I don’t know anyone here…” Sarah sighed.She became aware of another woman in the lobby as she stood up and turned to her. “Sarah, I’m Ellen.”Sarah spun around on her toes as Ellen made her. ”“Aaahh. That’s too bad,” he said. Then he surprised me by reaching out and taking me by the shoulders and pulling me over so I was standing directly in front of where he was sitting on the counter.I said, “Troy….what are you doing?”He said, “I wanted to tell you this upstairs, but decided to wait until we were down here in the kitchen.”Still not understanding, I said, “Troy, what are you getting at?”“I’m bigger,” he said.“What on earth are you talking about?” I said, still confused and unsure.