This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...Morales hesitated for a heartbeat. “Jeff, you’re used to living in this great place,” Morales said as he swept his hand around to indicate the Retreat and its furnishings, “and you have your identical suite on board Ship…”
Jeff interrupted, “Does your suite aboard Ship need to be expanded? I just told Ship to design a suite for you and your family…”
“Jeff,” Morales emphasized, “just stop and let me get this out. The suite is beautiful and certainly large enough, but, uh, would you mind if we occasionally spent some time in the… uh, new cave? I suppose it’s hard for you and your wives to understand, but that cave and the area we live in on 2214 are special to us. If we can spend some time in the ‘cave’ Ship has made for us during our trip, well, I think my wives and I will… Ah, shit, Jeff. I can’t explain it any other way. 2214 is our home and always will be, and that ‘cave’ seems to be a perfect duplicate – at least of our living area. To a certain extent, it even feels like home. At least until you step outside.”
From the videos, Jeff had seen many of the happenings on 2214. Shit, I should have realized that the place would mean a lot to him. He’s worked for every inch of it with – as the expression goes – blood, sweat and tears.
“As far as I’m concerned, with training taking a priority, you can live in your suite here in the Retreat, or the suite on Ship, or the ‘cave’ Ship made – whichever works for the moment. If you need to check on things or get something from 2214, we can easily do that after training each day. Come to think of it, what do the wolves think about the new ‘cave?’”
Morales chuckled. “They seemed puzzled to begin with and kept going out the door only to stop and look at the unfamiliar landscape. I told them that Ship made the cave just for us, but it was on a pocket planet in another dimension. That led to questions that I couldn’t answer. I overheard Ship talking to them, but I’m beginning to wonder if they’ll ever understand completely. Hell, I don’t understand what a pocket planet is, so why should they?” he muttered under his breath.
With Jeff’s hearing, he heard what Morales said. “Our learning will be an ongoing process,” the Prime assured him...
Have a goodun;
Roust