“Well, I’m glad. You are special.” I reached over and intertwined my fingers in hers, since we were driving down the backroads now.Gabriella kis...ed the back of my hand briefly, before rubbing it along her face. She then kissed it again and sighed in contentment, pulling my hand into her lap. I didn’t take it back until we were turning onto our road, a little gray underneath my clothes, and wanting to be fully normal and controlled when we arrived.However, as I pulled into the driveway, the. "Someone in her early twenties," I said, "preferably pretty with a warm personality, and not overweight." "Anything else?" asked the earnest young woman, as if she were taking an order at McDonald's. "Yes," I said -- "I have a thing about women's bellies and bellybuttons -- what turns me on more than anything else is a flat brown belly and a deep set innie bellybutton." "Pierced or unpierced?" asked the earnest young woman. "Unpierced," I said. There was a long pause while the young woman typed. He assumed that she'd rather not go out on cold days than wear anything else. He could feel himself resenting this woman's former lifestyle. There were no pants or flat shoes because this woman never needed them. She was a complete lady of leisure, free to spend her days and nights socialising, shopping and partying. Ralph laughed at the prospect of the gender barrier seeming far easier to cross than the social one. It didn't matter anyway. He'd decided that he wasn't going to be. ”“The name, again, is Cal, my friend, Kadren. And you are certainly most welcome to whatever aid my sword can provide. As for skill and strength… One must remember that both - skill and strength - tend to shine brighter when used on a preoccupied enemy, and both tend to dim with fatigue. We will likely have plenty of opportunities to test both, fully, very soon. For now, you must stay safe and out of sight. Wait for me at the back of this… tunnel, or whatever we might call it.“Thank you,.