"You sound as though this were your first space run."
"If it had been, I'd be a screaming imbecile by now. Luckily, I've been in space a lot; it's just that this was the first time I've made it in a little over-powered can, completely alone. Brrrrr."
Lois smiled at him. "What happened on your first practise drill?" she asked.
"We didn't go as far."
"But—"
"Well, I'd had that experience softened, too."
Lois nodded. Steve said: "I could use coffee. Want?"
"I want, Steve. But dad will be looking for me," she told him wistfully.
"Good Lord, Morehouse doesn't make you work?" he exclaimed in mock horror.
"What did you think?" she asked him with a quizzical glance.