Pony pulled off his T-shirt, slightly nervous, yet relaxed, due to the wine. Johnnie and Amber sat down on each side of him on the bed. Amber caressed...his chest and Richard pulled his hand through Pony’s hair. -You’re so tense, said Amber. Are you feeling nervous? Pony nodded. -You don’t have to do this, said Johnnie. You can back out any time you like. -But I WANT to do this! said Pony. He looked into Johnnie’s eyes, brown like his own, but narrowing at the edges, no longer teasing, but kind. Egill came out of the round house and smiled. “Well it isn’t perfect but it turned out better than expected.”Sif turned to look at him. “It is a bit frightening to be at the center of such a historic event that will most likely change our planets history.”“That is a very astute observation, young lady.”She made a gesture towards the banquet preparations. “At least they celebrate and don’t prepare for our execution. I wonder who is going to pay for all this. It’s going to be the biggest party. He watched the way she studied the table and realised she was looking to put him in a difficult position so he’d have to concede the first kiss. “You hustler,” he said. “Haha, I’m no hustler,” she said. She glanced into his eyes as she got down for the shot. “If I pull this off it’ll be a miracle.” “You have a great cleavage,” he said, trying to distract her. The pink returned to her cheeks and she blinked. He moved round in front of her until he was standing with his crotch directly in her. She ran her fingers along his eyebrows. She said, “Our society has fragmented into single person families. Some reports put the numbers at close to fifty percent of all adults live alone. That’s a hair under a hundred and fifty million.”Jack would have looked up at her in surprise on hearing that number, but she was massaging around his eyes. He grunted to let her know that he was following what she was saying.“I have no clue how well they are doing financially, but I doubt it is all that.