Beautiful, Shayne. Absolutely touching. There is something about this lovingly maternal ship of yours that reminds me of an old human woman, the mother of a grown son, who is proud of and happy for her son, who, however, has better things to do with his life than pay any heed to his old mother. (By which I'm certainly not implying that Clark isn't treating Martha with lots and lots of love and respect. But as for how he treats his old ship, well, what would you expect?)
Ann