““Lieutenant Commander Sibley added a few final flourishes as he brought the Jade up to cruising speed. "If you have to hurl, Staff Sargent, bite the black tab at the base of your faceplate. It'll open a pouch." No answer. Not even the sound of a lost lunch. "Staff?" Her telltales were green. She was conscious. Heart pumping at sixty/sixty. Respiration slow and steady. Then it dawned on him. While he'd been flying a pattern designed to test the limits of Human physiology, his passenger had gone to sleep.””
![“(Cal) “I was thinking, maybe you’d like a livelier mount, since you’re obviously a skilled rider.” She glanced at him sharply. The fact that he’d paid her a compliment sank in her consternation at the thought of a more forceful mount under her. [...] “Thank you, no. I think I’ll stick with slow…” quote by Norah Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/510/norah-wilson-19742_slow-and-steady_cal-i-was-thinking-maybe-you-d-like-a-li_371660.jpg)