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amigos, what nice guy?” Mr. Lin overheard his wife and was a bit anxious and a teeny weeny bit jealous.
    “Your darling Nikita saw a dashing guy singing in the academy this morning. He sang this song, ‘Amigos Para Siempre’,” his wife said.
    “I see.” He was relieved to hear his wife’s explanation, else he would get really jealous, such was his love for his beautiful wife. They had been happily married for more than twenty years and their love for each other seemed to get better with each passing day, month and year. It just got better and better. No turning back.
    “Not only that, she also wants to find out the ultra-warp speed. What in the world is that?” Mrs. Lin asked.
    “Oh, my darling Nikita wants to be an astronaut, huh?! Mmmm…, ultra-warp speed. Never heard of that one. I will try to find out. Even if she wants the stars in the heaven, I will pluck it for my darling Nikita!”
    “What if I also want the stars? Will you pluck them for me too?” His wife asked.
    “Of course, my sweetheart! There are so many stars in heaven. We won’t run out of stars, will we? Let me hug you, my sweetheart.” He made the gesture to pounce on his wife, but she got away in time.
    “Not now, honey. Nikita is inside her room. What if she sees us?”
    “All right, but promise me you won’t get jealous again, otherwise, I will hug you until you see stars.” His wife smiled so sweetly at him that he was sure she was seeing stars at this moment. He chuckled to himself, for he felt so happy that he had married such an adorable wife. She never failed to bring him new experiences every day, even a mundane affair could turn into a romance in her presence.
    The following day, Mr. Lin went to Metametica Space Academy to meet up with Mr. Arumugam, the Spaceship Department Manager. He had made an appointment with Mr. Arumugam at nine o’ clock in the morning. Mr. Lin walked along the corridor on the fifth floor and finally found Mr. Arumugam’s office. He knocked on the office door. Mr. Arumugam opened the door and welcomed him in.
    “Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Mr. Lin, Nikita’s dad,” Mr. Lin introduced himself and extended his right hand.
    “Nice to meet you. I'm Mr. Arumugam, the Manager of Spaceship Department,” he shook hands with Mr. Lin.
    Mr. Lin entered the office and sat down on the brown sofa beside the office table. A small coffee table was next to the sofa. Mr. Arumugam phoned the office attendant to prepare two cups of coffee. When the two gentlemen were seated comfortably, they began their conversation.
    “What can I do for you, Mr. Lin?” Mr. Arumugam asked.
    “I am here to find out what is the ultra-warp speed. You know, there is this question in one of the quizzes.”
    After a prolonged conversation, Mr. Lin could not get the answer that he wanted.
    At this moment, the office attendant walked in with two cups of steaming hot coffee. She put these two cups on the coffee table and left the room.
    “Like I said before, there are five levels in ultra-warp speed, each level representing one technological breakthrough. We are currently at the third level. Have I answered your question?” Feeling a bit exasperated at having to explain science to a layman, Mr. Arumugam went on further to make his point clear by using five books on the coffee table to represent the five levels of ultra-warp speed. He kept pointing to the third book, indicating that this was the current level of ultra-warp speed attainable by existing terrestrial star-ships.
     “I know what you mean by the third level. But, what exactly is the third level? You know, things like how many light years. That kind of thing, you know,” Mr. Lin kept making small, circular motions with his right hand, as if he was scooping imaginary ice-cream.
    “Oh…, I see what you mean. I’m afraid I can’t tell you the answer as this would be unfair to the other students. I’m sorry.”
    “Anyway, thanks a lot for your time,” Mr. Lin was visibly