"Hmph! I'd think even in the sexless hell you've described Black Hole as, SOMEone would have noticed you're really a pretty awesome babe." Zetta, of course, truly didn't understand army life at all -- a regimented, disciplined organization was far removed from the Netherworlds' usual manner of business.

And, well... Lash really was pretty awesome. He hadn't noticed that in their first meetings, not the same way he recognized it now. Zetta even realized he might never have noticed it if not for the whole de-aging thing. If they hadn't gone on that date, and if it hadn't gone so much differently -- and so much better -- than expected.

Zetta had fallen quiet as he thought about all of this.