When he was like this she couldn't keep the smile off her face. Her mood was constant, for the moment, a constant state of joy and excitement. She might be surrounded by the bridge crew, but the only person on her mind was John. The pet names really should embarrass her, but instead they made her grin. "I can't wait to hear all about it, kipenzi. Especially since it'll mean I have you back in my arms." He would understand the Swahili word for darling, even if no one else did. The word was meant only for him.

Just as her name was meant only for him and a select few others; he only used it when they were alone. Laughing softly when he addressed their audience, she replied "All right, stay on this course for another three hundred meters, and then adjust course to bearing 090 mark 275. I'll tell you when.... Now. What do you see?"