Well, as she'd stretched into hers she'd been only twenty, after all. A young couple's early life was supposed to be unsettled, as they stretched into their new lives as adults. ![]() How could he ever garner the rewards of promotion and seniority, the status he hungered for, if he never stuck with one thing long enough to earn any? His first few postings, she'd had to agree with him, had been mediocre she'd had no problem understanding why he wanted to move on quickly. Maybe Tien would stay with this Komarran post. After a moment, he entered and approached their table. When she looked up, she noticed a good-looking young Komarran man who had stopped by the outer gate to the restaurant's patio and was staring at her. Not that his school we saw this morning isn't very nice, of course, which I shall report back for her reassurance, I promise. She did think you would seize the opportunity to place Nikki in a Komarran school, for the, as she would say, cultural experience. So I went down there in person and asked around. In fact, I think he gave me a run-around. I finally called her department head, Administrator Soudha. Anyway, time went by, and time went by, and I didn't hear. I admit, I've been a little homesick, but that's not the same thing as not liking being here. Oh, I like Komarr just fine, she said quickly. He does seem to have been rather, ah, restless. His dryness was mitigated by a slight twinkle. I did not have the impression that Nikki was socially ambitious. oh? Ekaterin was not at all sure she wished to encourage this conversation. Do you know her? I mean, has she ever talked with you? She's an engineering tech in the Waste Heat Management department. And then I had to leave most of the pots, when we came here. The last two relocations, I just didn't plant anything except in pots. Was this normal for a rising bureaucrat? Tien said it was a necessity, no bosses ever promoted from within or raised a former subordinate above them you had to go around to move up. won't pretend that hasn't been difficult. ![]() We met at the Winterfair reception for the Serifosa terraforming employees a few months ago, do you remember? ![]() You were somebody's guest.?Īnd yours is? She blinked that thought away.
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