"Why'd you stop?" Dawn asked with her lips swollen and out of breath. "I want to try kissing, but this time I'm going to place my tongue with yours an... massage it."Dawn nodded. She was willing to learn anything that her s!ster brought upon her. Buffy smiled realizing that she got her s!ster where she wanted her. Buffy began kissing Dawn again, but this time parted open Dawn lips with her tongue and found its rightful place with her s!ster's. As both tongues massaged feeling the other both women. They came to believe the village was truly cursed.Gradually, one by one, family by family, they found a reason to move elsewhere.As the people died off or left, the village slowly became abandoned.Only Abigail remained, living isolated and alone. She scraped in the dirt and grew enough vegetables to keep herself alive but little more. A traveling salesman took it upon himself to watch out for the crazed woman. He called in from time to time when his journeying took him past the desolate. Council did approve Nolan accompanying Justine's doctors today. I'll be there with today's lessons."Fawn was more than my big sister—and my tutor. The former crewmen of the Futile Gesture were not yet ready for normal school. I wouldn't be ready for normal school because of my gender. It gets repetitive explaining that Paxlyn Domain is almost all female. The figure of 99.9% (one male to a thousand females) is impossible for people brought up in two-sex societies. I had been an orphan and then. It all happened the day before today. I remember it like it was yesterday. My hands were sweating profusely as they gripped the handle of the telephone. Previous attempts to call were unsuccessful, for the wiring had short circuited due to profuse moisture. But this time I was prepared. I had purchased a new ultra-grip waterproof phone, complete with a reinforced plastic shell to prevent overenthusiastic clenching of the handle. I was ready. I was set. It was time to go.For a minute, I.