dove, but neither true nor trusty,” Jake quoted from Shakespeare’s Passionate Pilgrim. He continued, deciding to ignore good sense. “She burnt with love, as straw with fire flameth, She burnt out love, as soon as straw out-burneth; She fram’d the love, and yet she foil’d the framing, She bade love last, and yet she fell a-turning. Was this a lover, or a lecher whether? Bad in the best, though excellent in neither.”
Adrian laughed, much to Jake’s relief, “Don’t push your luck, Romeo. Are you going to ask me in?”
“Come in my love,” Jake said, “but remember, I am armed in case you brought a blaster to finish me off.”
Adrian laughed again as Jake turned on a light. “Okay, but no more dueling quotes for a while.”
“Agreed.” Jake heated some tea for them as Arian sat down on the bed after removing her coat and helmet. Jake brought her a cup of tea, and sat down next to her. They sipped their tea in silence for a few moments before Jake turned to her.
“See, who said Casserine was boring?” Jake asked smiling.
Adrian took up his left hand with her right, and kissed the back of it, placing it then on her lap as she continued to hold it. “Are you getting tired of putting up with me?”
“I hope you’re joking. I might get tired of you in twenty or thirty years from now, but I am anything but tired of you now. Maybe we will have to tone done our roll playing though, and start concentrating on our jobs. I used to scout around a bit here, and I’ve been thinking you could use some time alone. With the two of us here now, I.”
“Jake, I don’t want to be alone. I love being with you. You don’t have to go off into real exile to please me. Hey, what do you mean you might get tired of me in twenty or thirty years?”
“Nothing, my sweet,” Jake smiled innocently. “Listen, it never hurts to have some time alone. You could even go off for a few days. We would be in constant contact, and you really can’t get lost. If we wait until the Colonel sends us the new land vehicle, you can take it on a scout trip yourself.”
“You really are trying to get rid of me, aren’t you?” Adrian kiddedhim.
“Oh yeah, I plan on setting traps wherever you’re heading. Anyway, what do you think about my idea?”
“It might be good for a change, but I want to go together the first time. We don’t even know if we can trust this new gadget we’re getting. You already said everything breaks down here, if it moves on the surface.”
“Those studies you’ve been doing on the surface had something to do with them being able to come up with the proper shielding for it. It has always bugged the base they couldn’t come up with any way to have a moving vehicle here on the surface. They know whenever anything remains still, like our self contained living quarters, it takes very little shielding to prevent power losses. Something about those flux readings you took helped them make a breakthrough.”
“We did outfit the cave here just in time, so we were paying attention to our jobs. The Colonel liked your plan to nail the privateers. He sent down two more MAG50’s to place in different spots, so you don’t have to lug the one around everywhere. I’ve never really gone far enough to see anything like the pools of water and the plant life, you say exist here. I guess we have been kind of self absorbed,” Adrian admitted.
“It was fun while it lasted, but before we start tearing into each other any more, we better look into some activities we can do apart. I could go out on a little sojourn for a few days, starting tomorrow,” Jake suggested.
“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” Adrian quoted Juliet.
“Don’t start that up again,” Jake warned.
“I don’t want you to go until I can go too,” Adrian complained.
“Going together defeats the purpose of going at all. You’ll like me better in a few days.”
“I like you fine right now. Shall I show you?” Adrian asked provocatively,
Adrian laughed, much to Jake’s relief, “Don’t push your luck, Romeo. Are you going to ask me in?”
“Come in my love,” Jake said, “but remember, I am armed in case you brought a blaster to finish me off.”
Adrian laughed again as Jake turned on a light. “Okay, but no more dueling quotes for a while.”
“Agreed.” Jake heated some tea for them as Arian sat down on the bed after removing her coat and helmet. Jake brought her a cup of tea, and sat down next to her. They sipped their tea in silence for a few moments before Jake turned to her.
“See, who said Casserine was boring?” Jake asked smiling.
Adrian took up his left hand with her right, and kissed the back of it, placing it then on her lap as she continued to hold it. “Are you getting tired of putting up with me?”
“I hope you’re joking. I might get tired of you in twenty or thirty years from now, but I am anything but tired of you now. Maybe we will have to tone done our roll playing though, and start concentrating on our jobs. I used to scout around a bit here, and I’ve been thinking you could use some time alone. With the two of us here now, I.”
“Jake, I don’t want to be alone. I love being with you. You don’t have to go off into real exile to please me. Hey, what do you mean you might get tired of me in twenty or thirty years?”
“Nothing, my sweet,” Jake smiled innocently. “Listen, it never hurts to have some time alone. You could even go off for a few days. We would be in constant contact, and you really can’t get lost. If we wait until the Colonel sends us the new land vehicle, you can take it on a scout trip yourself.”
“You really are trying to get rid of me, aren’t you?” Adrian kiddedhim.
“Oh yeah, I plan on setting traps wherever you’re heading. Anyway, what do you think about my idea?”
“It might be good for a change, but I want to go together the first time. We don’t even know if we can trust this new gadget we’re getting. You already said everything breaks down here, if it moves on the surface.”
“Those studies you’ve been doing on the surface had something to do with them being able to come up with the proper shielding for it. It has always bugged the base they couldn’t come up with any way to have a moving vehicle here on the surface. They know whenever anything remains still, like our self contained living quarters, it takes very little shielding to prevent power losses. Something about those flux readings you took helped them make a breakthrough.”
“We did outfit the cave here just in time, so we were paying attention to our jobs. The Colonel liked your plan to nail the privateers. He sent down two more MAG50’s to place in different spots, so you don’t have to lug the one around everywhere. I’ve never really gone far enough to see anything like the pools of water and the plant life, you say exist here. I guess we have been kind of self absorbed,” Adrian admitted.
“It was fun while it lasted, but before we start tearing into each other any more, we better look into some activities we can do apart. I could go out on a little sojourn for a few days, starting tomorrow,” Jake suggested.
“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” Adrian quoted Juliet.
“Don’t start that up again,” Jake warned.
“I don’t want you to go until I can go too,” Adrian complained.
“Going together defeats the purpose of going at all. You’ll like me better in a few days.”
“I like you fine right now. Shall I show you?” Adrian asked provocatively,
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