She couldn’t see his face in the mirror, her eyes locked on her own reflection. She was maybe fifteen or sixteen, but it was hard to tell. Her frame...was thin and possibly malnourished, and there were small hollows beneath her eyes like she hadn’t slept in days.Is this who I was?“Will I still be able to compete?” the teen asked, hopefully. She kept wiping away fresh tears before the man could see them.“The heart of a dancer is stronger than the body of one, kisa. Perhaps you sit this one. ”“I thought about it dear, but didn’t want to dull any of my senses. I want to thoroughly enjoy tonight. Let me get us both a cup of coffee, and we can relax for a bit.”“Sounds good, you always make good coffee.”They sat there for a bit, sipping their coffee, and noting everything looked very nice. Her mom broke the silence and asked. “I wonder if Herb is as nervous as we are.”“I bet he is, he’s been talking about it all week. He wondered if it’s the right thing to do. I told him not to worry,. John asked, “Have you ever been with a girl?”At the time, I had been with several but I had not gone all the way. Trying to act cool, not wanting to let on, I enthusiastically said,”Yea.”It made him smile and as we talked about what hair color we liked, and kind of boobs, and asses, etc., we jokingly laughed a little. However, when John happened to ask me when was the last time I had sex, I pause, and then inadvertently let it slip that I had never actually had sex. He was shocked a little but. ”“A little precarious maybe,” he admitted. “Not all of us have stabilizing tails, you know.”“You just suck at driving,” Baker added.“That’s a fair point actually,” Maza said. She flashed her feathers, then she and her friends huddled together again, chittering and warbling in their native tongue. When they broke ranks, Maza made her way over to Jaeger, taking him firmly by the hand and beginning to lead him down the pathway. He turned to look back at Baker, who was being rapidly ferried away by.