Primary shields gone. Secondary shields holding.”“Engineering shut down every nonessential system. Concentrate on repairing the shield generators....��“We do our best.”“Medical reporting. We have 67 casualties, 19 reported fatal.”“Triage and prioritize. Bridge crew first.”“We send medics and bots.”“Tactical, do we have tactical? Communications?”There was no response and then the Computronic replied.” Tactical and Communication stations are not replying.”“Computronic open all Communication channels. "Caught me. It does seem to creep in at odd moments. Hope you'll forgive me. I'd hate for you to think that I'm always this inattentive, especially when having lunch with a beautiful woman!"She smiled at that remark, and I could tell that her smile was genuine and from her slight flush that she felt flattered.I was disappointed when our all too brief lunch ended. Teri was also too young for me. Maybe I could use Burns' money to go looking for the fountain of youth!Back at my hotel that evening,. “No, I never did.” I grabbed my purse and dug inside for my keys. She stopped me. “Please stay.” I didn’t like the idea of breaking her heart, but I further didn’t like the idea of getting entwined with her again. “I’m sorry,” I said for the fiftieth time that night. “No one will know,” she said. “You don’t even know my last name. Nobody in this house lives within two hours of here. We can just be…two ships passing in the night.” She was close to me again. She had put her hands on top of mine. "Does this make things better Reb?" "I told him "YES, very much so, thank you thank you," I told him." "Not so fast Reb, I am going to lose an awful lot of money by doing this for you. You CAN NOT tell any other tenants about this arrangement. And I still have not told you what I need in return, but, so far, this is a good deal, right?" "I told him yes, it's wonderful, and that he is a wonderful man for doing this for us. But, I didn't know the rest of the deal yet honey. Please don't be upset.