”“They were at war with the Vraik. Granted they will be on their guard, but if we offer apologies and a non-aggression pact I believe they could b... mollified, particularly if we do not commit genocide on these Vraik but instead restrict them to their homeworld.”“We are Raffagee, we do not negotiate!” Senior Administrator Armac burst out.“Of course we do, don’t be silly,” Fillamoc replied. “We negotiated with our ‘allies’, getting them to destroy the influence of this Empire on their borders.. " and looked into my eyes.We leant in simultaneously, tilting our heads, closing our eyes and opening our mouths.They found each other.I had kissed my mother plenty of times, but this wasn't an affectionate peck. This was a kiss.It felt more natural that it had any right to, and we both sighed as the kiss deepened and we melted into each other, the kiss drowning out everything around us. We were no longer dancing, just standing in the middle of the dance floor, me devouring each other's mouths. ”“Nope, I really do love me.”I turned and punched my big brother on the shoulder as he just grinned like the darned Cheshire cat.“And I love you too Janet ... Even though you punch like a girl.”I shoved him hard with both hands and took off running down the beach yelling, “tag, you’re it,” over my shoulder.We had both run cross-country in high school, and while I had a good jump on him, his legs were longer than mine and he eventually caught up with me and tagged me.“No tag backs,” I. What's that word?" Exemplar," chimed the twins."Oh, yeah. Martin wants to use Laura as an exemplar of how our family treats pregnant women. Laura won't be treated special because of Laura, but because she is the first of us to be pregnant. Laura's man didn't ask for sex, he took it. You know yourselves that sex when you're pregnant is often repellant. You know you sometimes needed to be cuddled and sometimes couldn't stand to be touched."So ... the rule is, no sex with Laura unless she asks. No.