Q: he told her about lara , his ex-wife , and how she had said her work was always going to be her first love , and that she had to leave him to save her sanity . ' bit melodramatic , ' deanna said . ' she 's italian . and an actress . everything with her is melodramatic . ' ' was , ' she corrected him . she kept her eyes on his as she said it . she asked him about work - was blunt in her admiration of what he had done with the _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is company

Q: the sooner she saw that , the softer the letdown would be when whatever race had mucked into got dragged out into the light . i made my way to the back room , nodding in chuck 's direction and hooking a finger over my shoulder to indicate i had left dovie on her own . he tilted his chin in acknowledgment and i went to the office and rapped on the door with a _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is knuckle

Q: maybe they 'll do some damage when our lasers take their shields down . as we skim around the planet , i notice they 've destroyed half the sdis . when the last one goes down , the colony will be defenseless . for the next terrifying moments , i 'm a passenger . sure , i could jump us out of here , but that would n't help the _ ... Fill the blank.
A:
blank is colony