That hope dimmed with each month that passed. He wasn't ashamed of his height, or even embarrassed by it. But, Sean had noticed that people often seem...d to overlook him because of his height. He didn't want to be an imposing figure, but he didn't want to be ignored because someone else was taller either.Udit had explained that it was an ego thing and Sean's mind drifted back to that conversation. "Everyone has an ego," the old Shaman had explained. "The good thing about that is, the ego is what. "Computer," Clem said. "Prepare the transporter, I'm going after her" Unable to comply, Captain." The computer's calm voice played throughthe cabin of the cruiser. "Peregrine-3 has an unstable ionosphere.Safety regulations maintain that access to the pleasure dome is byshuttle only." Safety regulations be damned!" Clem shouted. "Over ride! Lock on her,and beam me to those exact coordinates!"- No. 3 -"A gnome, huh?" Clem said, staring at the little man before him."Take a picture, it lasts. Judy walked in the room then and she was wearing one of her really short skirts and her top was done for maximum effect and she is wearing her 5 inch heels.I smiled at her and said, “is someone coming for dinner?” She smiled and said, “yes, Jan.” I laughed and said, “you are wearing your come fuck me outfit for Jan?” She smiled back and said, “sure why not?” She just kept smiling and getting ready for dinner.Our friend Jan has been friends with us for 30 years. She is about 10 years older than. I wanted Filo to stay home until Dolphin was ready, then use Thunder to escort Dolphin on a trading voyage. If they were attacked I was okay with them coming home with an extra ship or two, but I didn’t want him to go off looking for pirates if that meant leaving Dolphin unprotected. It should have some Marines onboard in case they got attacked, maybe ten-plus-twenty, but it wasn’t a warship like Thunder.Widemouth didn’t really have anything to sell anywhere else, but we had the money to buy.