There was a first time for everything, and leaving the company with a pack of Tursiops was definitely a premier event for Pheyus. As ambassador, he had gone off to meet them several times, but he had never gone off with them.
with There was another first. He had never gone anywhere with Shayla. Now, here they were on their first cruise together, in league with a friendly, yet strange, pack of Tursiops. The entire situation was bizarre.
anywhere Even though the Tursiops were nearly twice the size of their two Stenella companions, Pheyus felt n***d and insecure. He was used to the security of eight hundred Stenella in the company, and despite the size of the Tursiops, there were only seventeen of them. Pheyus tried to convince himself he was safe with such a tiny group, since the
