* Sure! (Be Close To Your New Lover, Have A Bigger Base To Run, Finaly Find Out What 'Basteil' Is, And Do A Solid For Governess Yolonda: Where's The Downside?) *

"Theres got to be some kind of downside, right?" You ask, "I mean, at the moment all I see are positives... Be close to you, better quarters, bigger base to administer, help Yolonda out, where's the drawback here?" You ask.

"What about your friends here at Centurion Cave?" Santiago asks, sitting in your own chair with the ghost of a post-orgasm smile plastered on her face.

"I don't really have any," You admit.

"Ah, many subordinates, but no friends or lovers...?" Santiago half-asks/half-recognizes.

"Si amante," You reply.

"Yes, I remember you too are from Latin-America. It's good to hear our cradle tongue again though, I've all but lost it working with all these Englasia," Santiago says wistfully.

"Well, do you want to go on a tour of the base, amada? You should at least spend some time getting a first hand view of the place since you've come all this way!" You say, sitting on your desk and smiling.

"Sí, en un minuto." Santiago says, lapsing back into her native Spanish, which you understand perfectly.

^¿Why didn't we make Spanish the official language of the federation?^ you ask in that language.

^I didn't because of its cultural baggage,^ Santiago reproofs. ^I am still a woman as well as a general, encouraging machismo is a dangerous thing for me.^

^Ah, I understand,^ you reply, and join her in just basking in what remains of the afterglow, lapsing into a companionble silence.

Five or six minutes later by unspoken mutual accord you stand up and leave. The rest of the base awaits, time to explore and meet some workers and troops...