Naked though I was, her gaze was fixed on my hair. It is very light in colour and, with the bleaching of the sun, was almost white. It is not for noth...ng men call me Thorfinn Fairhair. The hair on my chin and body is of a pale red hue and it must have looked strange to this dark girl with her fine copper skin and black hair.I made to cover my private parts with my hands and she giggled anew. She stood on the shore between me and my trews and laughed at me. One leg was thrust out in front and. ” “Dr.?” “Yes, I have two PhDs, one in computer science and another in applied mathematics." “But, but, you can’t be more than twenty-five,” stammered Seb. “Twenty-four, actually. I guess I’m of above average intelligence,” she giggled and then turned to the board behind her. The class went by too fast, thought Seb as he took notes and watched Salma’s ass. It was perfectly round and looked hard as a walnut. When class was over, he and Dave went outside for a bit of air before the next one.. " She leaned her cheekagainst my shoulder. "And there's going to be times, more than a few, whenyou think you're not going to be able to survive it. Or you're going tostart wondering what you could have done differently." She sighed. "I'mnot going to try to tell you not to think that way, because you're goingto anyway. It's just the way it is."After several minutes of complete silence, save for our slow breathing, Ifinally was able to choke out some of my emotions."I was terrified," I whispered. That she could only get me to look like that if I was standing there with nothing on. Believe me; it took most of that bottle of wine to get me to do it.” Karen shook her head and sighed, “Ethan doesn’t get it. To him, you’re not really naked unless he can see something.”Whether it was the wine or a thought that had been pent up too long, she continued. “You get it, don’t you?”“I think I do,” I said, trying to make it not be about me. “I’ve learned a lot from Jewel, not only about art but.