In societies that included many hosts and their Companions, entire species' could be advanced. However, it had never been an instantaneous process, an... the road to advancement had often been rocky. Rationing information to their hosts had been necessary to protect their host's society.Al's species learned the lessons long ago, that humans were just discovering. When a technically advanced civilization meets a primitive civilization, the primitive civilization is destroyed. The destruction isn't. " What?" Her daughter hesitated."Don't make me angry, young lady. Now come over here and open your blouse and let me see your bra."Forgetting for a moment that I was there, the 16 year old, her head bowed, did as she was told and began to undo the buttons of her blouse. The lacy white cotton material of her bra began to appear as she undid the buttons one by one. My cock was rock hard under the bathrobe. The buttons were all undone and my girlfriend's teenage daughter was standing in front of. Then rolling down my cheek..like the rain on the window pane..I roughly wipe that away...biting down on my lip...I feel I have drawn blood...but do I care...I just feel anger...dislike...I close my eyes....and have the vision of him..so clear..burned into my brain..Last night...him standing behind me..his strong arms around me...cupping my breasts...kissing my neck...there are goosebumps all over my body...I can feel every muscle in me tense up...he starts to nibble my earlobe...his tongue. ”“Yeah, I bet she is.”“Yeah, with clay. Went out and made pottery, you should try it, it’s a lot of fun and really—”“Yeah, alright, you two sound like you’re having a great time being handsy. I’m going to go get ready for work.”“Da fuq, Lace? If you didn’t want to hear it, why’d you ask?”“You know what, Arty, you got me there.”Artemis stared at her for a beat. “Seriously, when did you become uberbitch?”Lacey sighed, “You know,” she thought about saying something or spitting back something.