"Starting from what is most likely to interest you, then - while I was on Earth for tourism, pens, and neuroscience, Miles landed none the wiser, went to the embassy, and encountered Ivan. He was there as himself, so Ivan called me with the cheering news. I didn't ask why he was there or where he'd come from or why he looked like - his turn of phrase was 'inexpertly defrosted hell' - but there was some visiting. We picked out," she adds with a faint smile, "baby names. And then one day when I was at the bank ensuring that my agent could act as such with respect to Earthly and cooperating financial nets, who should I run into but my husband in civilian garb. And no one was looking, so I picked him up, and I was abruptly introduced to Admiral Naismith."
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Date: 2014-09-11 10:42 pm (UTC)