> "Actually not much. I had a conference with Admiral Lasiter and Admiral > Kitanya today, and we were talking very favorably about your new work of > art and I realized how big this is...and having been one of the `young > guns' when we went out years ago, I want to be on this one too...at least > the start of it....with you." He reached out and took her hand.
>Nodding her understanding, Candance replied, "I would be pleased to have >you with us." Then she smiled, "Lauren, on the other hand, may think that >we are being overprotective." "Is there no truth in that statement?" He smiled back at her, "We only want the best for her and that ship is the best-you've said it yourself."
