Male children were especially affected. Nearly all were born in a weakened state, with nearly thirty percent succumbing to illnesses amplified by a we...kened immune system before the age of eight.The boys that survived to adolescence faced another hurdle. Infertility rates among men had skyrocketed. Nearly half of adolescent men found themselves effectively sterile. The remaining half were on a spectrum of barely viable, to the rare previral sperm count. At sixteen, all male teenagers undergo. ”Leroy asked, “So why all this importance about Ed talking to me? I don’t understand.”“He will ask you some questions. If he likes your answers, you can stay.”“What will he ask me?” Leroy was shocked that one person had that much influence. He couldn’t believe that John would rely that much on the word of a single person.John answered, “I have no idea. I wouldn’t worry, though.”Leroy got a lump in his throat as he realized that if Ed desired it, he could end up on the street in front of the. The globe he saw had the same reddish cast, though other colors were hinted at. The polar caps were larger, and hints of greenery traced fragile lines down from the ice toward the equator, as though water from the melting ice sustained a few hardy remnants of vegetation."You call that livable?" Phil wrinkled his nose in disgust. "I'd sure hate to try living there." It's livable, all right," Neal answered somberly. "Not very, perhaps, but definitely borderline livable. Where did you spot the. As you sat there, you wondered what was in store, you'd never planned on this when you'd thought up the scenario & you so wished you hadn't refused a safe word. You thought it would be risky & fun, but now it was just plain scary as you had no idea what they had in store for you or how long they intended to keep you for our fun. You were at odds with yourself as your body reacted to the stimulation despite your worries & you soon found yourself shifting your weight around to try to increase the.