. Look, I'm not always as emotionally secure as I should be. I don't mind sharing him, but you're the first people I might share with who I already kn...w. You're the first ones I'll have to continue to work with on an ongoing basis. I would have to be sure that we could continue to work together just fine."Zatanna: And that we wouldn't go telling stories, right?Kara: That too. The way I think of it is ... Okay, their version of Las Vegas has this slogan. 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.'. ”“I’m not sure our missile crews are a minor problem,” I heard my weapons officer mutter.“We have thrust, but keep it below thirty percent for now,” Ensign Daniels said. “Private Walton is having some trouble keeping both engines stable.”“I’ll learn how to do it,” Private Walton called out. “But the controls aren’t really designed to handle both engines and I don’t have enough practice.”“You are doing fine,” Ensign Daniels said. “Now clear the channel. Helm, you have power.”“Cycling the engines. It was the tattoo across her hairless pubic bone that shocked me the most. ‘Mike’s Cunt.’ leapt at you like a warning sign above a sex shop. Two words came from Mandy’s lips. ‘Turn around.’ Again both turned in unison. The skin damage was all across her back and both cheeks of her ass. Again Mandy’s voice pierced the air. ‘Bend over and place your hands around your ankles.’ Mandy did as Laurel did as though rehearsed. The three piercings became obvious to me. The need to be sick was only. If that breakup hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t have met Tricia or Hanna or Zoe and while Zoe didn’t stay long, she left her mark.”She nodded. “So what are you doing when you leave here tonight?” she asked.“Emma and I are going to the mall to get some things framed. I did a painting of Tricia’s family for her. Her mother died of cancer years ago and I did a painting of the three of them as if she had never gotten sick and had lived to see Tricia as she is now.”“That’s an incredibly thoughtful thing.