" I need you in the primary teleport center by the main medical bay. We're going to be handling casualties," James said. "No wait; we need you to tele...ort the gunners to the lasers first."The alarm had been muted. I could now hear feet pounding on the floors of our tunnels and people ran to get to duty stations. Overhead the speaker continued to squawk."Einherjar, deploy! Este, make sure that we're watching for missiles!" Hoplites, get to your guns! Let the spears run with Sa'arm blood!". ‘The perfect mind’… so that’s what the Stranger had meant. I could see into people’s heads and hear their thoughts. I pulled out of Hanna’s mind and focused on Paula. Man, is she gonna make a move or not? I want to get out of here already. Maybe it’s me…? I should leave so that she has a chance to be alone with him. Maybe then Hanna will grow a pair and show him… I lost my concentration and looked at Hanna. We were idly keeping conversation though neither of us had our hearts in it.. Eventually, other members of the tribe drifted into the Nest, either before or after eating, depending on their priorities, and Nalirra woke as one of the men approached her.Looking around, she saw there was a couple to her left, hetero, and with a flick of her head, another to the right. Nalirra liked to spend time with both men and women, but she mostly liked to go with the trend. The buzz was better. She beckoned to the man standing politely before her, realising now that it was Bortal, a. ‘Don’t you want to?’ He asked, his face creased with worry.‘Yes, ‘ Tessa murmured. ‘Yes, I want to.’‘Then why don’t we? Just once?’‘No ... Alec... ‘Fabian bent to kiss her again, her words cut off as his tender caress overtook her.His hands sought out her breasts, and gently tweaked the nipples through her thin summer dress. One of his hands slid down her thigh easily, and then back up her dress. Nudging Tessa’s panties aside with a finger, Fabian explored. One touch and he groaned.‘You’re.