"Ken comes close."Ken comes close." "You know better than that," M'Ress said. P'nyssa smiled. "Yeah, I do at that." She glanced over at the clock on the oven and said, "Well, he's gotten about six hours. I guess you can wake him up." "Why was he up so late?" "Babysitting Donna again." M'Ress smiled, the crests of her jaw rising behind her muzzle. "You know, P'nyssa, I'd've never though he would have fallen so head over heels into grandfatherhood." "Was he like this with Ember?" P'nyssa asked. "Not quite. He was much more subdued, much quieter with her. He babysat her, and took care of her, and played with her as she grew up, even up until her caissioning-" M'Ress smiled at that- "But this thing with Donna is really unlike him." "You can go wake him, if you want," P'nyssa said, walking out from behind the kitchen counter. M'Ress walked over to the g-tube and jumped down into it, falling slowly into the bedroom. P'nyssa followed. I should add that at this point, I really was quite sound asleep and totally unaware that P'nyssa and M'Ress were having this conversation. Dave played it back for me afterwards. "How should we do this?" P'nyssa asked, still slightly uncomfortable being in the same room with the female she had replaced as my roommate. It had been only last year when M'Ress had walked up to her and said, "Look, you're sleeping with him a lot more often than I am, why don't you take my apartment and I'll move to one of the rooms further down? I'm going to need room eventually anyway." An impish smile worked it's way into M'Ress expression, and she said, "I've always wanted to see if this was true," as she started to unbelt her pants. |