"When have I?" replied Ben with a grin. "And yeah, well, it's Gwen. She always was more of an academic than I am. I'm laaaaazy dontchaknow."

"Oh by the way," said Ben, pulling out a holo-letter. "It's from Kosi. I made a swing by the last world on the way back and asked him to record well wishes for you. I can do this a few more times before we get completely out of range and it takes more than a day to get back to Stacy."