" "What?" "Yup." "What?" "Yup. Ian's getting his name in the history books. Oh, by the way, I have some interesting news." "Yeah?" I nodded. "P'nyssa's coming on." She looked confused. "You mean, P'nyssa's going with us?" I nodded again. "Then, that means... you and I can't..." "We'll see. It'll take some time to work out. But now that we're at least in the same neighborhood-" she smiled- "we can work things out." "What about... ?" "Aaden?" I asked. She nodded. I scowled for a moment and said, "He's not coming. It was something of an argument between us. He doesn't like space, but he doesn't know how we'll do away from each other for four years or so. I'd promise I'd write." She nodded; I could tell from the look on her face that she sympathized with both of us. "How's your new ship?" "A disaster." Her smile returned wide as she said it. "How so?" "The new sickbay is a disaster. |