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"Oh, there's my wife now," he murmured, half to himself.
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She took her time making her way over. We all, the Walshes and I,
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kept our eyes locked on her as she wandered through the room. I had
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to check myself and force my focus back to my rye, lest Walsh get
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the wrong idea.
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When she got to us, she didn't so much as glance in my direction.
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Smart girl. Still, it hurt like hell to be that close to her and
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feel nothing but cold distance.
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"Are you almost finished here honey? You know we have to swing by
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the house one more time before going to the shuttle." she said, in
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a bored sort of drawl. Yet, was that love I sensed in her gaze? It
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seemed that way. It seemed she was talking to a guy she really
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loved, a guy that wasn't me. I started to get a bowling-ball
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feeling in my stomach.
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"Yes, darling. We're all done here." Walsh got up and extended his
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hand toward me. "Nice doing business with you Mr. Jules."
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Now she finally looked at me. That look of hers still knocked me
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off my feet so easily. It took me longer than it should have to
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shake Walsh's hand.
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"Yes, well, we'll be in touch after your trip," I muttered, still
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trying to recover my senses.
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Her eyes widened. They were staring right at me and fixing me in
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place.
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"Oh, honey, you mean you haven't sorted all this out yet?" she was
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looking at him again, and had re-adopted her bored expression.
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"Yes, dearie, all finished."
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"But, don't you have to /sign/ something? I really don't want to
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have to bother with all this when we get back."
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"That's not how these things work, my dear. Mr. Jules here has to
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go and draw up the new policies for me to sign."
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"Oh, policies! I'm sure he has plenty of those lying around,
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right?" She looked right at me again. Her gaze seemed to be moving
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my arm into my briefcase, forcing it to magically produce some
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papers.
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"Why, yes, yes I do," I said, sheepishly.
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"Really?" replied Walsh, he was starting to get confused and
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annoyed.
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"Sure I do, sir. And they are those fine, airtight contracts I was
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telling you about."
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"But surely you don't go around with them... oh, anyway, just give
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me one, we must be on our way. I'll look over it on the shuttle."
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"Perhaps..." interrupted Judy, she still wasn't happy, "Perhaps
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this gentleman could join us. Just in case you need to change
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anything in the policy."
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This was starting to get ridiculous. The risks this girl was
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taking.
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"That's absurd, darling. I'm sure he has much better things to be
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doing."
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I knew I had no other choice at this point. If I wanted her - I did
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- I had to follow her lead, right to the bitter end.
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I spoke up, just as they were all turning away from me,
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"Actually, Mr. Walsh, I happen to have all the time in the world."
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Message inbound...
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Space Cruiser Excelsior
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Destination: Sector 656233e, Starfield-Beta system
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Location: Sector 656233e, Starfield-Beta system
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Stardate Epsilon Zeta 20 Epsilon
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[SYSTEM IN HAB MODE]
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[autotranslator on]
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Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administator
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Well, I figured I'd give another update. It's been a while.
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We've made progress on several fronts; there's running water and electricity
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across much of the settlement, and computer access in most of them. Still, I
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find myself attached to the Excelsior; luckily Commander Kerales understands,
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and he's going to let me stay here as long as I need. After all, it's not like
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the Excelsior is going anywhere anytime soon; we still need it for most comms
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with the outside world.
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Anyways, the other reason I wanted to give an update is because Commander
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Kerales gave me the A-OK, so I'd like to let you all know that my good ol' pal
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Jeremy will be coming to visit us (or even come to stay) here at our new home.
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He and I were almost inseparable back in the day, but he couldn't leave with us
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in the chaos before the Convergence. Luckily, the Convergence wasn't as bad as
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we thought, he managed to nick a spacecraft, and he's en route to come see us.
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I can't wait.
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~ TRANSMISSION END ~~
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0Excelsior - Systems Admin Report - Epsilon Zeta 20 Epsilon /Excelsior/010.txt
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0Cilix - 11-Invitation /Cilix/11_invitation.txt
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0Cilix - 10-Sunset Grand /Cilix/10_sunset_grand.txt
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0Cilix - 10-Sunset Grand /Cilix/10_sunset_grand.txt
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0Cilix - 09-Sales Pitch /Cilix/09_sales_pitch.txt
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0Cilix - 09-Sales Pitch /Cilix/09_sales_pitch.txt
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