For the duration of maybe a heartbeat or two I forgot how to articulate and steer the stilt eyes of my mask, but then I managed to activate the correc... logarithm with a blink of my real eyes. To a human mind it was very confusing to have two independent moveable eyes that sat at the same spot where a human had ears, so we decided during our mask making session with Shea and Cateria to make the stalk eyes mock eyes only and have our real eyes behind a patch of one way transparent bio-skin. The. Simon managed to control his annoyance when Ron walked in and threw himself down on the couch as though he’d been coming there for ages. In truth, he’d only been there a couple of times, though not when Simon was around. He could at least wait for an invitation, thought Simon. ‘Got a beer?’ Ron asked. ‘Sorry, we’re out.’ Simon tried not to sound curt. Simon’s opinion of the other man fell further. He was not about to give Connie’s date a drink before they’d even set off. As far as Simon could. Ana was sitting on the stairs holding her sides, her huge breasts bouncing around as she rocked with mirth. Kirsty had slumped to the floor and there were tears streaming down her face as she gasped for breath between snorts of merriment.I shook my head at the two of them, "It wasn't that funny," I said.Neither of the pair was able to answer me as I pushed the front door closed."I take it that you enjoyed your final fling?"Kirsty took a deep breath and managed to stay still long enough to nod. Soft bells chime when I push the wooden door open, and while the air inside isn’t any cooler than on the outside, at least it promises shadow. The waitress, a plump girl with wavy brown hair and wearing a thick cotton apron that has to be pure torture in this heat, is busy with the espresso machine and spares me no glance. I’m lucky that one table at the very back is unoccupied, and I head for it, allowing a relieved sigh to cross my lips when my backside touches the chair. My knee throbs by.