I would not see my mother again. Another huge explosion on the side of the ship pulled me back to reality. The ship started tilting towards its starbo...rd side and I knew it was sinking. I didn’t know what to do. All I could do was watch in horror as the ship went down into the water. Slow at first.I started swimming towards the ship. Somehow, I lost both my shoes in the process and was now in just a white T-shirt and shots. The ship was about 250 meters away as it was going full speed when the. Piping all men on deck, I once again raised my voice to address my crew. ‘Good seamen! You have once again proven your mettle, and helped enrich us all. Careful searching by your shipmates discovered 400 pieces of gold in addition to the fine cargo and slavegirls. But I have a problem, crewmates! I need your advice. Will you help me?’ The crew shouted ‘Aye!’ as one man, as I knew they would. ‘Men, we have always shared all booty fairly, as we agreed when we chartered the St. Veronica. Yet I. He didn't need all this aggro from his brothers."What the hell was that about" Dean asked puzzled."Beats me. Hey you don't think?" Dante asked with a frown on his face."What, that he likes her but is being a total asshole about it? Come on-you've seen the way he is with her?" Dean said laughing out loudly. But the same thought had also crossed his mind too.Ari-Ana sat on a thick layered blanket out on the meadow. She was soaking up the sun whilst she read. Lost in her book she didn't hear. About two months after Billie came to live with us; I didn't even have any gray hair. I have had gray hair since I was twenty-five.We all learned about each other, and had a good "family" life. Billie had been an ergonomic engineer before she had been caught in a police sweep and convicted of sedition. She was a "militant feminist" in my language; she called herself a person who favored rights for women.She could build or fix nearly anything we had. My technology was very old to her, as their.