----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Johnson" 

>> The comm aboard the ship buzzes. Ricardo has just gotten off the
>> comm with Woof, and is right next to the comm when it buzzes.
>
> "Hello, MS Mae Lee, this is Ricardo."

"Dad!"  Lysia says with both excitement and shock, "I am having quite 
possibly the best and the  worst day of my life all rolled into one.  I need 
to ask a favor and it's important so I want you to think carefully before 
you anwser."

Lysia David