By Tricia Thomas
Date: 2 October 1999

Survival Skills

Red alert! Man your stations, crew.
Emotional assault.
The intruder has 
breached her force field.
Let’s shut her down 
and save what we can.
>check.

Sector one-feelings secured? 
Slam!
>Check.
Sector two-emotions secured? 
Slam!
>Check.
Sector three-heart shut down? 
Whrrrrr.
>Check.
Sector four-disengage brain. 
Clank.
>check. 

She’s impenetrable. Captain.
A fortress.

If the intruder breaks through,
set the relationship for a 
60 second self-destruct,
and let’s get the hell outta’ here!
>check.  
all clear.

T2