The self-sufficient star-scouring space station (referred to by its inhabitants simply as the Shell) may not be a utopia free from strife and struggles, but it comes quite close and its citizens are-with the exception of a few inquisitive souls-quite satisfied to live as long as they like, know everything about anything they care to ask after, scar and modify (or outright replace) their bodies without permanent consequence and generally go about their day in permanent, coddled adolescence, unaware of, ignoring, or in certain cases contributing to the subtle way the Shell itself controls and...

During the course of time, Platonic friendships have provided fertile soil for 'unrequited love' and 'emotional affairs.' The object of unrequited love or an emotional affair is quite often a friend or acquaintance, someone regularly encountered in the workplace, during the course of work, school or other activities involving groups of people. An 'unrequited love' environment may be quite uncomfortable and can becomes a situation in which the admirer has difficulty in expressing his/her true feelings due to potential rejection as well as embarrassment and the loss of contact with the beloved....