" She thought at last, heading toward the stairs. "Maybe I'm reading more into last night than was actually there." She mused, then snorted, Pausing o... the second floor landing."With the way Sasami was dressed and what she did?" Ayeka's mind supplied. "I should say not!" Steadying herself on its rail, she looked forlornly downward. "It's indecent!" She thought angrily.How dare Sasami take such liberties? Having succeeded making herself angry yet again Ayeka stood stiffly, was just about to turn. The problem was, Damien seemed to care for Maria, to some extent. Maybe he felt guilty for Lucas, and was doing his best to help Maria in his absence? Not very Kindred of him, to behave like that.“I’ll be taking a trip into the Hisil tomorrow,” Art said. “I want you to tag along.”“M-Me? Why?”“Because you’re sneaky. And you provide some objectivity; the pack sucks at that. And because I’d like to hang out with my girlfriend for a while.”She beamed, but washed the expression away quickly. “Ok,. You said she hated men and this will give you some idea of how much,’ he said with a note of sadness. I couldn’t tell how old the boy was from my brief glimpse of his face, but I got the impression he might be a juvenile. He was skinny and very pale, and I would have guessed he couldn’t be much more that 16, if that. What followed defied description and I won’t even try. I don’t think I’ll ever get that image out of my mind. I’m sure watching a live execution couldn’t be any worse. When she had. "Too bad, your ship can't do that," he said as he started the car."It can," she replied."It can?" he answered shocked that something that big could be camouflaged."Yes. But in its current state. It will do more harm than good," she replied. Adrian nodded."What is this sex? that lady was talking about?" Solaria asked."Um," Adrian said shocked at the question."And why couldn't she give it up?" she asked."It's a form of affection, when you care about someone a lot. At one time she liked me a lot..