My thoughts were on Carol and I’m sure the other men’s thoughts were as well. She was a fully qualified and valuable member of our team, so we all...tried to think of her in those terms…even though it was hard to do.Then one night as we all prepared the evening meal, Carol said, “Guys, I’ve been thinking that since we’re all stranded here, that we need to address what’s on everyone’s mind. Sex!”All of the guys, including me, were taken aback and were visibly shaken by her announcement.“Come on. ”“Oh, yeah. That was ... crazy good. I’ll give everyone the details, if you want...”“Of course, we want,” Heather replied. “We heard another side, but we want to hear your side of it.”“I’ll be ... home, I guess, before you get out of school. I’ll probably curl up on the Monstrosity. I’m sure glad I kept an in-case-of-emergency set of nice clothes since most of my clothes are now there. Mom took me to my doctor this morning, and she agrees that the bone is probably not bruised, so I might be. I could feel my face swelling, I could barely see from my right eye and everything I could see from that eye was tinged in red. We stared at each other, chests heaving, both of us surprised and sated. He reached down for me and I took his hand. Johnny led me into the bathroom and washed my the blood from my face and neck. After cleaning me up he led me out to the dining room and watched as I cleaned up the mess we had made. Following me from the dining room to the kitchen, every now and. Just before they arrived home at the tube station beneath Davdan 's house that night, Tika was called to hunt, and they cheerfully sent Tika on her way with Tira to keep her company.The rest of the group's young stayed around home and were tested in ecoculture by the Elephant people."How did you get the call so quickly, after I waited weeks?" Jena asked when Tika and Tira arrived at Davdan's house late the next morning, looking tired but pleased."I have submitted a recording of me playing with.