I bet if I asked them to do something they didn’t want to do, I’d have to really coax them. I can ask them to come closer or to stay off the floor... but that’s about it.”“What do they say?”“Just that they are confused by what I am. One of them is complaining about not being warm enough, this big boa wants some mice or rats to eat. I suppose you were expecting something profound, like some serpent answer to the meaning of life.”“From what I’ve seen, all of the animals have the same reaction.. . call it what you like.”“I won’t deny that I liked it; I’d experimented at school with other girls but Amanda was so adept, so experienced and such a considerate lover. I really liked it and I still do.”“But...”“Just like you, I was secretly filmed ‘inflagrante delicto’, Matron likes to use that term, with Amanda; filmed by Dr Lovejoy and of course they blackmailed me.”“I know your life would be ruined if it got out that you are a transvestite; but I’m in the same situation.”“If my family knew. Aaron was saying, “I haven’t mentioned this before, but it’s ironic that Kirk and I were talking the other day about double dating and here we are! Kirk lived with us for a year when his mom was in the hospital, so we got to know each other pretty well. He’s kind of like a brother to me. It was great to have an older brother and I’m lucky it was Kirk.”Kirk just smiled. He was a quiet guy and seemed shy to Penny. She liked that. Kirk didn’t intimidate her as much as Aaron.Janice brought up the. However, they did at last come across someone else, as they emerged out of thick wood into a clearing. It was a woman gathering dried wood. Typically for this country, she was naked with a shaved head. As they had seen no one for so many days, it seemed sensible just to girls stay quiet and still in the hope that they wouldn't be noticed while she was working."You don't have to hide you know," the woman called out to them. "I know you're there." She picked up her bundle of twigs and branches.