”Her companions nodded agreement without speaking; concentrating with fascination on what she was showing.“It takes practice to raise as many as I...do and be able to maintain them without thinking about it.“I ... I don’t suppose I can procrastinate this anymore. This will be hard for me. I’ve only lowered my shields to two people since my first century, and I’d have never done it for the Eldest, except I was so afraid that even if I didn’t he’d just brush my shields aside and Read me like a page. " I don't have a relative with me. I don't need one. What I need, is a cup of coffee. You mind." I do. As your doctor..." You're the doctor on duty." She corrected me. "My doctor is Dr. Thakur, and in case you don't want to piss him off, you should get out of my way." I doubt Dr. Thakur is going to have a problem with me stopping you from leaving your room. Also, he put me in charge." He left you in charge to watch porn?" she said.I was shocked. How could she know?"That is a completely. " What about Lind?" Uh, I'm not sure. She has problems with the situation though she enjoys the sex. I did not know her until the journey had begun. Even then, she was with a different man from mine, Trud's and Sue's. The Dumdees killed all three in the ambush. I think she had been with him for years while Trud, Sue, and I were new to our men." Okay. We will get along. Go back to our room. All of you get cleaned up and perform any chores that need to be done and eat some breakfast. I am going. Damn, I'd forgotten about it. She situated herself again, got comfortable and flipped open the book. I heard her suck her breath in, in a surprised gasp as she glanced down at the picture. I knew what she was looking at, I had those books memorized. She glanced over at me again, to make sure I was asleep, then slowly flipped the page. Her tongue crept out to wet her suddenly dry lips and I saw her breasts heave with the sudden intake of air as she tried to catch her breath. She slipped her hand.