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237%u201cI would like to experience sex with you. I watched you all in your cabin. You experienced something novel that I have never witnessed before. I wish to know if I can experience it.%u201d%u201cI%u2019m flattered, Q. But I don%u2019t believe you can. It%u2019s a biological trick. We mesh together and it causes reward drugs to be injected into our biological systems. What we experience is the cessation of thoughts and an indescribable feeling of still being alive but being for a very brief time, in great joy. In a way, it%u2019s also an addiction.%u201d%u201cCan I try?%u201dPaula knew if war had happened, their only chances of survival lay with the ship, each other, and Q. %u201cYou can. But you might be disappointed. What do you wish to do?%u201dSomething... a noise behind her. She turned to see a metal plate slide back in the floor of the cabin.%u201c I have opened the emergency escape hatch. Every cabin has one. Can you go down it and crawl along to the end, please?%u201d%u201cWhat happens at the end?%u201d Paula asked.%u201cWe have sex together,%u201d Q replied.She shrugged. But she was so intrigued and there was also a desire in her that needed satisfying, and her mind had a hundred questions. She went to the hatch and climbed down.She crawled through the space where cables and pipes ran. They were the nervous system and the muscles of the ship. She knew about the escape routes. It was a last consideration in the ship%u2019s design. They lead to the suits and the extensions that could explore outside the submarine. The room, known as the %u2018business%u2019 or %u2018engineering compartment%u2019, was an idea and a concept totally apart from the rest of the submarine.Sub