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His hands gripped her sides tight. He wanted to finish what he was going to say but it was too soon. She deserved a proposal from the heart, not one of heated desire. "Time, John, time," he said to himself in his breath. He looked over her again and just gave a light smile.
"There is no or, Dahlin'" he assured her, "I sometimes speak before I think."
He moved one hand from her to take a remote from his pocket to power up the shuttle, returning the hand to her side as systems powered, "After I chat with Mr. Sloan on Foster, I can channel things if you need to comm anyone."
With a smile and a quick kiss, he turned to open the door to his shuttle. He was again talking to himself. To most it would be hilarious as he was scolding himself as if his mother was present. A lot of it was quick and muttered as he flicked switches and pushed buttons on the com which also interfered as did the powering up of systems. Spotty words could be made out but no sense could be made of them. It was almost as if he was trying to not get Ashlea's hopes up or get her upset, starting to speak in Latin, "Et tamen non habere circulum, John Henry!"
He then shook his head at himself, laughing at himself as he began searching for signals.
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