As I wait for the drip, drip, drip of the machine, my head begins to race. I feel so full of stories, they leech out of my skin and run onto the page ...hemselves. I pick up the notes from the kitchen table and remind myself where we are, today we will write but not for an hour or so yet.He is still sleeping when I enter the shadows of the bedroom, his long frame thrown across the bed, his face creased into the pillow. I smile. I cannot help it. He’s finally mine and it is so new I feel like I. And off he went, wearing his finest Sunday clothes (not that he ever attended church of course). Phillip had gotten quite a late start on the day however, having drunk his fill at the local tavern until late the night before as was his habit, and didn’t even arrive at the walled orchard until fairly late in the afternoon, as it gets dark quite early in the winter. He walked around the walls briefly, and seeing no gate immediately climbed up over the wall and into the orchard quite uninvited. A. Nice fuckin' with you Kendra- and you too white boy! I tell you what, after work me and Trey will stop by for some more. You stay away from Kendra now Shorty. That shit’s Clive only from now on." Danny got up and went to the bathroom to clean himself up while Clive got dressed. He was gone nearly as quickly as he'd arrived. Kendra continued soaking her cervix in Clive's semen wanting to absorb as much of his seed as possible. "Are you okay Baby?" asked Danny returning from the bathroom . " Naz explained. "But the Bans of the Tiger People are a set of sub-laws under the Laws of All Peoples, that we are allowed as a sufferance, so that we may live our chosen lifestyle. That is why when someone breaks the Bans, the case goes to the tech justice system, where the Laws of All Peoples are enforced. The rights we are given under the Laws of All People are absolute, though we voluntarily choose as Tiger People to give some of them up, and they include the right to use contraception,.