"Well ... okay." Good. I'll see you soon."Her roommate was out when she opened the door, and after she closed it she turned to hug me tightly.She was ...earing cotton shorts and a UT sweatshirt that felt soft and thick when I put my hands on her back. But she released me when I didn't pull her to me in return.She took my hand and pulled me to sit beside her on her bed, clasping my hand in both of hers, resting the pile of paws on her thigh. Her blue eyes looked intently into mine."Randy ... I saw. I got your cordless phone and I'm here sittingon my bed." There was a pause while Bobby propped the picture up againstthe base of the nightstand lamp. Then he said, "Gosh, that sure is agreat picture." I thought you'd like it, Bobby. But you never did answer my question:are you hard yet?"Somewhat embarrassed, Bobby started to answer, "Uh . . ." What I mean, is, do you have an erection right now, dear? Do you have ahard-on from thinking about me, about us. Does looking at that pictureof me make. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, there they were, all four of them. They grabbed the girl's reins, called her all sort of names and dragged her into the woods, telling her clearly what they planned to do to her. They had a lot of brave ambitions, mostly carnal. She cried out pitifully, and I dismounted and slung my rifle and musket and went after them.They had found a small clearing, started making a fire, forced the girl to doff her dress and one was getting ready to mount her, when I stepped. We soon however came across a surprise in the form of a dead alien that had clearly died from the embedding of a knife blade in its thorax and had caused it to slowly bleed out.“You don’t suppose... ?” I asked in growing hope.“It’s something,” Torun nodded.“Hilli, Truna, Galh!” I called out loudly using the speakers in my armour to amplify my voice.“Nothing,” Torun sighed after a rotation.“Going to use my wand to track any life signs,” I replied.“Go for it. I’ll do the same.”Our wands picked up.