These were large, long distance cargo carriers, capable of carrying trucks, jeeps and tanks. Another background fact was that when an island was invad...d by the allies, the outer ring of ships were subs. They could control their depth in the water and could also control their height on the surface. If they chose, they could sail with the deck just awash. Pilots were told that if their aircraft became disabled to head for the outer ring and the subs could pick them up with ease, not having to. “No time for nookie,” she said. “Got to get up – after my tea!”“Celia’s back,” he told her. “Offered her a cup of tea, and she was quite – how shall I put it? Neutral.”“I’d better get dressed before going down for breakfast,” Siân said with a smile. “No point in rubbing salt into the wound.”She finished her tea, showered, again leaving the bathroom door open so David could see her nakedness as she washed, and then began to dress. David showered in his turn and on returning to the bedroom, was. As they toured the planet, Inkie learned a huge renaissance was underway throughout the Tuullat culture, triggered by the utterly new art form brought to them by their new citizen, S’Rndult T’Blssut – in English ‘Principal Master of the Arts, Harmony’. From her first visit and the updated databases brought by her accompanying companions, the Tuull discovered the human concepts of ‘cultural exchange’ and ‘USO tour.’ This was fueled by the early progress in establishing the orbital music. )As she stripped - which she did almost every night, now - she revealed more and more tattoos. “Cockwich” was printed on her flat stomach, with a figure of her being penetrated by three men simultaneously (in case anyone struggled to work out what it meant).The small of her back was covered with her most “innocent” tattoo - from a distance, it looked like a fractal or some kind of mathematical pattern, but when you looked at it up-close, it turned into a collection of cocks, cunts, and people.