.. attach." You have no women?" I asked."Male and female as you know them do not exist for us. In our species, as we approach maturity, we seek out a...suitable partner or partners and exchange genetic sequences." He gestured toward an area on his side that looked more like a healed wound more than a opening. I decided that I really didn't want to know the details of how they accomplished exchanging genetic sequences."That is only done once in our lifetime. The other's genetic material is. "Somebody knocked on the door. "You 'bout finished?" Milly asked. "Got a farmer that's raring to get laid."Pat wiped her face on her sleeve, and we went back down to the tavern."Can you sit an' talk?" I asked.The girl shook her head, bent over and whispered, "No. There's two a'us here. The boy's watching me right now, my half-brother, Alex."We hustled the young kitchen man out the back door for a little talk. He was bravely a defender of King George and had awful sore cods and a slit in his. I pushed my sudden irritation down, after all it had been nearly two weeks since we had had sex, and then it had only been because I had more or less insisted. I was at the point of being horny enough that I was willing to accept what was becoming a real thorn in our marriage. Actually between the lack of sexual interest on the part of Gayle, and her letting herself go a bit, it already had become a real thorn in our marriage. Gayle was about 5’7′, and weighed somewhere north of 180 pounds or. .. these guys haven't seen a girl in three months. You any idea what you'd do to them flirting like that?" Of course I do," she laughed, "they get boners!" I... uh... can't be there all the time to fend them off." So why would you want to?" she smiled."I don't want to see you getting into something you can't handle. Nor do I want the discipline on this vessel to fall to pieces. It's difficult enough without you slinking about half naked." You like my outfit?" she grinned, holding her arms.