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Julie stared at the main holo tank and sighed. Four days of being ignored <strong>by</strong> Emily hadn't helped<br />
her mood at all. The other reason for her depression she simply ignored all together.<br />
"Guardian?"<br />
I guess I should be happy I'm still a Guardian.<br />
"Yes, Webster?"<br />
"Message from Guardian Command."<br />
"I'll take it at my console."<br />
"Yes, Ma'am."<br />
Of course the fact that Emie's got her Honor Guard keeping an eye on me might have something<br />
to do with that. Who wants to bet that they have Cynaomarist on them?<br />
Leaning back in her crash couch she let her bond with her ship self deepen. It would have<br />
probably been quicker to just call up the message on a screen, but she wanted to feel a bit of<br />
pride in something at least.<br />
It wasn't that large a message, and it wasn't even specifically addressed to her. Sorting through<br />
the incoming com traffic she located the one flagged for her attention and quickly removed the<br />
encryption code.<br />
The coming online date for the global shield is pushed back another two weeks? Emie must be<br />
really happy about that, she's even called for a Guardian assembly in two hours.<br />
She'd been hoping for something a bit more personal, or something that even had anything to do<br />
with her at all. No new orders at all, or even a note from Emily. At least she would sort of be<br />
able to see Emily at the assembly. With a mental sigh she filed away the memo in her ship self's<br />
computer files. Sinking deeper into the bond she spread her consciousness through her ship self's<br />
computers. Her sensors became her eyes, and she reveled in the sights. The Earth lay suspended<br />
below her, and she couldn't imagine a more beautiful sight.<br />
Emily, smiling after we kissed, her eyes the most perfect blue.<br />
Well, perhaps she could imagine a more beautiful sight.<br />
Even further into the bond she sank, feeling less and less of her organic body. The Type-<br />
Fourteen Guardian-class ship that was her ship self was the newest thing in Imperial engineering.<br />
Her thoughts brushed across the shield generators, which would protect her during battle, and she<br />
gazed in wonder at the massive fusion generators that were the heart of her ship self. The thirty
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