"I really enjoy your company." "I'm glad you're here." We sat watching the night, talking, just being together. No pressure, no expectations, just sha...ing thoughts and feelings. We called it quits around 1 AM and went to bed. We cuddled and snuggled for a while, then fell asleep, happy and satisfied. Sunday morning dawned, dark and stormy. I was awakened by thunder, loud and very close. I rolled over finding Robin in near panic. "You OK?" I asked, concerned. "I don't like thunderstorms." She. My woman, partner, girlfriend, companion, call her what you will, has said that at those times she needs to feel pain I can indulge myself in my sadistic pleasures, but it must be when and only when; she asks me to be hard on her. The remaing time I must confine myself to vanilla sex with perhaps just a little spanking or bondage to keep her in line, which suited my aspirations well! The kettle began to sing and I made the tea, and was just about to deliver it to my bed-mate when she appeared. Jorie brought a basic set of tools and Mista threw food tabs, water, rope and lights in a backpack.The copse of trees was tight with brambles and littered with alien guano from whatever nested in the trees. Strange looking hordes of insects scurried at their approach under the vines and brambles. The leaves were barbed and thick. More than once, Jorie had to snatch his hat back when he didn't duck low enough.Dothan swung his sword like a machete, clearing a narrow path that twisted and turned. We have three structures that have to be built off satellite. Their frames are being retrieved from storage as we speak. The problem is that we can't convince the Callisto workers to do the space walks," Ferro said. "The supervisors keep bypassing Torrin to complain to me, which lengthen the delays. Their real agenda is to get out of doing the work while collecting a paycheck." The Family Gijrath docked yesterday," Xerba said. "I can ask Benni to negotiate a vacuum-walking contract with them..