” She glided through his faux pas. Confidently guiding their conversation.“My name is Kanata Nyong’o. President of New Unified Earth, or just Ne... Earth. These are my council members and leaders of the 7 United Continents.” The men and women around the round table glanced toward Lucian and briefly nodded.The senator named Reynolds grimaced towards Lucian. Action that wasn’t lost on the lady president.“Wait, New Earth?” Lucian was confused.Kanata smiled looking satisfied at his question.“I’ll. I forgot to tell you. My bad! Well, it’s kind of a charity thing. Once a month, Barbie throws one of these little parties to raise money for whatever charity happens to be her favorite at the time. This time it’s a pool party, but as the night goes on and it gets cooler, we'll all go inside. Usually, she have something to sell; and, after expenses, the proceeds will go to the charity.” I told him nonchalantly.The entire time I was speaking he had been sipping from his punch. The glass. The notables were each offered the privilege of deflowering one of the losing competitors, and the Emir recalled with distaste the crude and brutal way in which Prince Habib had performed what was, in Kobekistan, a formal ritual of considerable antiquity, surrounded by conventions and customs, and to be performed with grace and panache.Tirfil shared a land border with Kobekistan which was ill-defined on the ground, as it ran through some of the most arid and almost trackless desert on the. " I explained once again. "We never actually had intercourse, only oral sex. But it was inevitable that the two of us would end up in bed together. I think even then I understood that. I just didn't admit it to myself. Even my being in a different body I just couldn't get past the feeling that it was incest in some way. Looking back on it now I see that was silly. But ... anyway like I told you, allowing Clarity to fall in love with me was the only way we could think of to keep her safe and.