It was arduous enough to live with him, but to be with him in all her classes would simply test her own restraints. And her self-restraints were compl...tely nonexistent when he was around. Ever since Nina had expressed that she wanted Shane, Shaunny had been wrestling with some persisting moral conflicts. She knew that it was totally wrong to lust over her twin the way she had but she couldn’t help it. And it was driving her insane. Firstly, she confused about her own feeling and actions for the. For some inexplicable reason I had the urge to kiss her. Not a small peck on the cheek, but to really kiss her. Although she wasn’t looking at me, and her body was all shut off from me, at the same time it felt like she was completely open and wishing it. She was biting her lip nervously.“Milk? Sugar?” Charlie asked loudly from the doorway, interrupting my fantasy and jerking me back to reality.“Milk, please,” I said weakly, sitting straighter, feeling guilty for how close my arm was lying on. Mars is definitely within range, even when its orbit is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth. The terraforming capabilities of the tesseracts are really so immense, the issues really come down to what you want to preserve, and what you want to change. I think the biggest issues are surface gravity and surface air pressure. Mars' surface gravity is about 38% of Earth's. It means the planet just doesn't hold its atmosphere that well. It will lose over half its air molecules to space in less. And not in the good way.“In typical bureaucratic inefficiency, I got there just in time for them to issue me new orders sending me back.”“Isn’t that always the way?” Octavia laughed.She walked over and took a seat across the desk from her friend. She leaned back, her legs moving forward. She was relaxed with Dervish. They’d been friends forever. She knew he wouldn’t stand on ceremony. She could just be herself.“What did we used to say? Paperwork was just the Admiralty’s way of justifying their.