<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=29334.msg1111170#msg1111170">Quote from: slavemarkira on 03-02-2009, 23:52:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hema smiled and turned back to Fredricks.  "You lovely man, you know I'm glad to hear anything you have to say."  She set the tea in front of him, watching him toss the statue with an indulgent smile.  "I like the men, they like me, and some of them are so generous, what can I say?" <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Fredricks set the statue down and flopped down on one of the nice couches that filled the sitting room. He laughed lightly at Hema comment. He knew that she was use to a certain quality of life and once the ship was grounded she did what she had to do. They all had. Fredricks would have prefered to perform but found that he had to pass drinks instead. He would have loved not to get to know some of the men he was connected too but he too liked nice things.<br/><br/>"Oh you will like what I have to say...though I bring sad news. It seems our dear old captain has died, in a bar brawl I am told."  Fredricks had been close to the captain at one time but the two men had drifted apart towards the end. So it did not break his heart to have Joss gone. On the contrary it was a chance for him to get away.