Thank goodness for that last sentence. I must thank you as well for giving me the key to making Nooj more human, less of the Vulcan/machina creature. You have created a Paine he can permit beneath his shell, one he can consider equal to what he is. Without that special quality in the woman, I would have been at a total loss to let him open up as much as he has. PS: I had fun slipping in his awkwardness about the physical manifestations of his reactions to her.