About 20 minutes, later the Ares clan was settled in at the restaurant. They had taken over a large round table set in the corner for larger parties. Each person was chattering with someone else.
Gabe sat back in his chair and looked over his family as they ate. It was nice to be home again. Ariel turned to Gabe. "So what brought you to Spacedock. I thought you were working on research near Jupiter?" Gabe glanced toward Ariel. It was not a subject he hed really wanted to get into, particularly with their mother there, but he had no choice. He was hoping that he could gloss over his abduction. "While I was stationed on Io, I was caught up in a situation that our superiors thought I would be able to help." Gabe's mother glanced toward him. "What sort of situation might bring you to Earth?" "Well, there was a woman found in cryo that is from a race that the Federation has not had contact with in some time. Considering my background in xenobiology, they thought I could help." "Interesting. Maybe this is something that you might want to talk to your father about, considering his background with the Department of State." "I had not thought of that, Maman," replied the baby with a smile. "Thanks." Gabe turned quickly to face Lucien. "Should I set up an appointment with you in the office." Gabe did no think they should be talking about the situation in public. (tag?) Ben _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
