> >>>He stopped outside the hatch and watched Kelly and April walk in the sand.
> >>>
> >>>"Ilane, shall we switch places with them and take a walk?"
> >>>
> >>>Shawn smiled at her.
> >>
> >>She smiled back warmly and offered him her hand.  "Sure..."
> >
> >
> > He took her hand and went up the beach away from the lovers. He watched the waves roll in. "Did
> you
> > have beaches like this at home?"
> 
> "More or less", Ilane said with a smile.  "My family used to live close
> to one of Cathay's oceans, so we used you go to the beach quite a bit
> when I was a child."
> 
> She looks into Shawn's eyes for a moment.  "How are the beaches on
> *your* homeworld, Shawn?"

He looked out over the water.

"I was born in space, on a ship. Planets are the exception for me. Ships are my home. This does look
nice, though. You like swimming?"

Shawn