I glanced around then blushed and articulated a reasoned response to their sudden officiousness, “Shut up, I'm a girl too.” This placated them, and they went back to work. I had to smile at my boys, they were efficient but easily sidetracked, especially when it came to the subject of females. I knew that, barring any other distractions, that we had the potential to make the breakthrough we had been seeking in our field that would propel computing into the next era and beyond. I glanced back at the door as I picked up my notes from beside the control console. I found myself smiling. Allison had taken time away from her own activities to track me down and bring my calculations to me so that I didn't suffer any slowdown in efficiency by having to reproduce them. I shook my head to clear it, I couldn't allow myself to be distracted from the task at hand. I laid out my notes and placed the missing ones in their place on the counter, and I stood in front of them, Lenny and Hachi joined me, and we just stood there, absorbing the formulae, rehashing the calculations in our heads to find the anomaly that was creating the obstacle.
What do You think about The Pike: Ships In The Night?
