I wasn't entirely sure whether she meant that I would like 'Pearl', or the massage, or both.I knocked lightly on the door, and a voice asked me to com... in.As I closed the door behind me, I looked around at the room. The walls were painted in a pink or salmon shade (like most men, I've never been good about colors), there were various cheap 'Asian' or at least, Asian-style prints hanging on the wall.A couple of wall charts showed an outline of a human body, with various places pin-pointed,. In fact, it added a new depth to what she made him, each meal was a new experience, finding out how her personal flavourings played with and enhanced existing tastes.This had gone on for a couple weeks, but what happened next had been inevitable.She had been cooking when he had developed a thirst, not giving it a second thought as he yawned, stretching his arms out above his head he had made his way into the kitchen.He had frozen, mid-yawn and stared at the scene before him, his sister, tall. ”It didn’t take long. Once dressed we called for food and ate our fill. We gobbled it up in record time, even though the food tasted overly salted. Apparently the ship had slipped into the harbor just after dawn, the light having chased just enough of the shadows away to safely navigate. From the tiny window I saw half-a-dozen warships docked on the far side of walled harbor, their canvas sails all tidy and furled against their spars.Since we weren’t in a hurry to get on deck, we both stayed in. "Ben walked the length of a field that was growing beans. The beauty of Aetherkraal was leeching away the stress of what he had had to do and see at David's community. He knew he would never tire of the paradise that was home to the tribe he had fostered with Sarah.Sarah had joked about how she was worried about him enjoying acting as 'God', but he knew there was some truth in what she said and he would have to guard against it.The drones were doing what they needed to and he could hear the.