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continued to try and achieve by force. TheyтАЩre all fucking nuts, Kat thought.
тАЬWhenтАЩd this happen?тАЭ
 тАЬCouple of weeks ago. They blew up federal depositories in six states. Killed
several hundred people. Really gruesome. I think itтАЩs safer up here, personally.
Where freaks like that canтАЩt get to you.тАЭ
Kat was nearly inclined to agree. тАЬWell, maybe you can switch professions,
get into terra-farming. Get yourself stationed up here for at least the next three
decades.тАЭ
Trina laughed. тАЬDonтАЩt think I like it out here that much.тАЭ
Kat smiled and touched the monitor with her fingertip. тАЬItтАЩs good to hear
your voice, Trina. Damn it all. I was really looking forward to seeing you, too, so
we could at least have one evening to spend over a pot of coffee, having some
girl talk.тАЭ
тАЬEverything okay there, Kat?тАЭ
Kat nodded. тАЬYeah, I justтАжitтАЩs all fine, I justтАжтАЭ
тАЬThings still going on with you and Alex?тАЭ
тАЬYeah,тАЭ Kat said quietly, almost ashamedly.
Trina frowned. тАЬI donтАЩt get you sometimes, girl.тАЭ
Kat laughed. тАЬAnd why is that?тАЭ
тАЬBecause you keep messing around with that married man.тАЭ
Kat laughed again, covering her mouth. тАЬAlex isnтАЩt happily married.тАЭ
тАЬSo he tells you.тАЭ
тАЬYeah, well, if he was happily married, why would he want to sign up for a
five-year assignment?тАЭ
Trina shrugged. тАЬYeah, well, I still say you donтАЩt need him to be your тАШwhite
knightтАЩ.тАЭ
Kat chuckled. тАЬThen who should be?тАЭ
тАЬYou, Kat.тАЭ Trina reached out and touched the screen. тАЬYou need to be your
own hero.тАЭ Her eyes cut momentarily away from the screen. тАЬUh-oh. Got to run.
Got a priority message coming in from the platform.тАЭ
тАЬOkay.тАЭ Kat glanced at her watch. тАЬMy shiftтАЩs about over with anyway. IтАЩll
give you a transmittal tomorrow sometime.тАЭ
тАЬSure enough, Kat,тАЭ Trina said. тАЬChat with you then.тАЭ
Kat heard the bridge doors slide open behind her, hissing softly, and she
turned.
тАЬNo fair.тАЭ Kat pouted insincerely. тАЬMy timeтАЩs not up yet.тАЭ
Eric Nagel, the shipтАЩs pilot, paused in the doorway. тАЬI can come back,тАЭ he
offered hopefully and she laughed.
тАЬForget it,тАЭ she said, and he sighed. тАЬItтАЩs all yours, Lieutenant.тАЭ
тАЬMuchas gracias there, pal.тАЭ He walked toward her, mockingly dejected.
She seldom thought about, much less noticed his leg anymore. It was a
little bit harder sometimes for her not to think about or notice how handsome
he was. How much more so than Alex.
She stood, relinquishing her seat and the helm to him. тАЬIтАЩve done all the
dirty work for you,тАЭ she said, and he raised a brow at her, inquisitively. тАЬI went
ahead and programmed the course corrections.тАЭ
тАЬI couldтАЩve done that,тАЭ he told her. тАЬThatтАЩs what they pay me the big bucks
for.тАЭ
She laughed. тАЬYeah, well. Did you get Jerica to bed?тАЭ
He nodded. тАЬTucked her in myself. Threatened to tickle her until she pissed