"Oh shit, Man. You didn't?" He stared. I couldn't say anything. "You did! You fucking pervert. You lucky asshole. Oh man. You have to teach me this sh...t!" He was practically screaming."Shut up, Man!" I looked around quickly but no one was paying any attention. My quick thinking, duh ... had got me in deep. Mike wasn't going to believe me now if I tried lying my way out of this. "I'll help you with Ashley," I said trying to divert him away from the subject of Victoria.Mike smiled and was off in. She wasn't paying him any attention so Ronald left her alone and went outside on the patio. He noticed the lights on in the house next door and he stared curiously. No one had been in there for quite sometime. He knew the owner came down in the winter time to spend some sunny days but other than that no one ever occupied the house.The back patio door to the house opened and a beautiful young woman came out carrying some boxes. She looked to be in her mid to late 20s. A young boy ran out behind. “I’m Ann, Daniels mate.” “Howdy, I’m Matt; where did you find such a pretty filly?” “Actually, she found me.” “Damn fine looking gal, any man would be lucky to have the likes of her warming his bed.” “Yup, reckon so.” I turned to her and held out my hand. “Matt is selling his acreage for a hundred grand; good price with the stream and access to the highway.” Ann nodded and blushed, holding the thin blouse from rebounding upwards in the breeze. “Better get back to the misses before I get. The core tap was re-established and our residual fleet of mining ships was sent out into the charged plasma clouds to harvest the molecular soup necessary to regenerate the base’s ecosphere. It would take decades to replace the air and water, then half a century or so to regenerate the forests on the eco-decks but much less to rebuild the aqua cultures on the marine decks. Frozen seed stock were selectively harvested from the stores among the various starships, brought to term and eventually.