"They do seem to be fond of us," Maria admitted slowly.

No, cared wasn't the right word, he admitted slowly.

"As a matter of fact, she did," Samantha admitted slowly.

"Perhaps suffering is overstating it a bit," she admitted slowly.

"Not as much as I used to," he admitted slowly.

He said more people are slowly admitting to him their own encounters.

No wonder she'd felt the need for wine, he admitted slowly.

"I don't know how to explain it," Pam admitted slowly.

"That they were usually what happened when one captain made a mistake about something she'd actually seen all along," she admitted slowly.

She took a deep breath, then admitted slowly, "It is.