***ARAN – Karvani Mountains, Ekistair***The sun was at its peak as Aran, Smythe and Elaina led their horses up the long, winding stair. Statues line... their path, worn smooth by centuries of wind and rain, rendering their features indistinguishable from one another. Aran thought they had all once been monuments of people – Paladins, most likely – though he couldn’t tell for sure.Ayla had awoken some time ago, and was now riding Elaina’s chestnut mare, Willow. Tavish walked alongside his mounted. After a moment he seemed to gather his courage and said, “Hey.”“Hi.”“Carl.”“Bob.”“Working late?”“Yep. You?”He nodded as if dry in the mouth and I asked, “You a freshman too?”He nodded again and asked me about classes. We talked for ten minutes as the twelve or so of us in the computer building milled around waiting for the firemen to come check about the alarm, probably set off by some drunk moron, and then he said, “I need a drink. Want a beer?”“How do you know I’m not an undercover alcohol. “The new Ambassador started an investigation into why a Class 11 planet was politically unstable. He learned that the former Ambassador had overstated the planet’s level of advancement. As a result the investigation, Telluric was reclassified from a Class 11 to a Class 13 planet. The technology we were using in this equipment is not authorized for sale to Class 12 and below planets. As a result, the conglomerate had a major investment in equipment that could not be sold within a reasonable. I remembered the movie they'd seen, I'd helped produce part of it, and it was no trouble getting into the departing crowd. Once there I sized up the men and moved in.I won't go into all of the details of how I went from a sidewalk to flat on my back while their teenage son did me, but it was such a relief to finally get laid. Then, while the boy went to wash up and get ready for bed, the husband did me while his wife licked his balls.What I didn't expect was that when he finished, she went down.