Most could bring themselves to suffer through heterosexual sex on isolated occasions, purely for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement for offspri...g, and Confederacy medicine helped them minimize this by ensuring that the female was more than adequately prepared for conception by enhancing the ovulation to ensure that the egg was almost ready to fertilize itself. The Confederacy allowed this, but didn't go much further; you would think that they would have advanced stuff like uterine. When it is slow and dull my mind drifts to shadow. Perhaps some part of this I take from my father, from Acou, but his shadow is different. Mine does not make pain in me.The shadow of the humans’ speech is another different. I do not know if it is good or it is bad. I think maybe it is neither by itself. But I will learn more of this shadow, and then I may know better.Maggie was still sitting where Jerry had left her, numb with the shock of her complete success. She’d hoped, she’d worked so. Those playing instruments set them momentarily aside, taking long drinks from mugs and flasks. One of the women, an older, slightly portly Pole, came over to Catty. Her face was flush, sweat glistening on her neck."Oh! Are you going to dance with us, Queen Catty? Wonderful!" The woman turned before Catty could think of a reply, hands giving one clap. "The Elves are going to dance with us! Play a good one!"The music started again. The humans paired off, moving and spinning. Catty had no idea. I thought it was just something we could do and we could also find men to have in our lives. But I am not so certain that Alex wants a man at all. She might just be content to have only girls in her life.’ Jacob’s heart sank. So his chances with Alex were obviously nill. If what Rose thought was true, then she probably wasn’t into guys at all. ‘So….where does that put us?’ Jacob said looking up into Rose’s eyes. She was now standing directly in front of him. He was sitting on the bench and.