“That being said, I’ll help up with the community’s work in whatever way I can. I’ll hug you, kiss you lightly on the cheek or something, high...five you, cook for you sometimes, etc. I just won’t mate with you. I’ll even have sex in front of you, let you watch us, just because I like you as a person and you will have unselfishly saved my life and Jana’s. I’ll babysit your kids, change them, etc. Even nurse them if needed. Just. Not. That. One. Thing.”“Agreed. Now, go get your first serving,” I. Buds through thick and thin were Steve and Buddy bud.Steve was scared when suddenly no way was the right way, and Buddy was scared too by how he pressed against Steve’s side, but good old Buddy got to work, and started to guide Steve again through a suddenly scary world full of noise and terror, screams and slaverings and thuds and thunks which went on and on, but good old Buddy bud led the way safely where ever who knew, and only had to break away to get into some sort of fight or squabble. And here, this is some kind of magnetometer." What's that?" Um, well, ah ... Well, put it this way. I know what he was doing." What?" Mineral surveying." Y'sure?" Certain. And the stuff was made in Euro. I was right." Okay, Rada, you're a clever bitch. And he came from, where?" Not far, that's for sure. He doesn't have many supplies." Your guess?" This nav screen tells it all, ah, oops, um, there! See, there's where he's been and that's where his base is. That would be about 20 klicks North -. It was the shock that came after the firing of the torpedoes that made him jump up from his command chair."What the hell was that?" he roared."Those little ships are proving a little harder to kill than we thought, Admiral," the gunnery officer said. "They seem to be little more than an engine and a big gun. They're hard to hit but they pack a pretty big punch." Are we damaged?" Slightly," the damage control officer answered. "Nothing serious. One of the thrusters was damaged but should be easy.