"Very true, Sergeant." She got a fond look on her face as she smiled. "That was one helluva night, though."I laughed. "I'll take that as a compliment.... As well you should. You know that my family would be completely scandalized if they knew, right?" She laughed too.Human/Elf relations were already frowned upon amongst the commoners. Humans and Elves alike regarded halfbreeds as mongrels at best, and abominations at worst. It was an ancient racism that went back thousands of years to the Great. You are a man who will put his Colony first, in any decision you have to make. That makes you lovable, in my eyes."But, more important, you treat your wives as valuable human beings. That is not common; in fact it is quite rare. Most marriages are aimed at being of benefit to one spouse or the other. You don't view marriage in that way. You view it as a loving arrangement of benefit to all. Both Muriel and Gloria are deeply in love with you, no matter how the marriage actually began. You have. And boy was this hard to explain! I was right there, naked and sweaty, pumping in and out of Julia (wait, did I not really notice until just now that Miranda and David had named their daughter JULIA ROBERTS!), while my own girlfriend, her own sister ... and her Mum watched us together! From the stern look on David’s face, I now knew that any reconciliation of the sort that we planned was a lost cause. He wasn’t going for it, not a chance in hell!“So, this is the kind ... of slutty behavior that. ’‘Thank God for that. Thanks again for letting me stay over, I reallyappreciate it.’‘You're welcome, mate.’Carl's headache eased off with the painkillers, but as he sat theredrinking his coffee, he couldn't stop himself stealing looks at Danny.Every time Danny looked up, Carl could see those same clear blue eyesthat had appeared in his dream. Carl uttered a little moan as he triedto force himself not to look.‘Carl, you OK? not feeling so good?’ Danny asked. He kept catching Carlstealing little.