" He lifted me up pulled me in closer and planted his lips on mine.Some of his flattery got to me. And awash with a potent mixture of anger, liquor an... my susceptibility to flattery, I let him. I knew I shouldn't have, but I did. After all Brett at least wanted to be with me. Brett appreciated my work. That was the main reason we were here.Two colleagues celebrating another victory in court, on a night when I simply could not stand to be alone. The loneliness and the uncertainty always. "We begin to change with the nature. Too many males, some younger not yetold enough begin to change up here," she touched her head. "And here,"she indicated Veeda's breasts. But not here, though they enjoy matingsame as females do."I was about to ask how the change was affected when Malia explained. "Noteven we Loki or the Builders know how the change is effected, or howthose who will be changed are selected. But those who stayed there fromSun Bather believe it has to do with the many. My vision took a few seconds to adjust to the months of non-use, but it eventually did. I could see my parents. Their faces were amazed. The doctors, the nurses, and the rest of my family were all crying. My life had just begun—again. The car accident was quick. I was hit by a drunk driver and sent over a bridge into a ditch. The car rolled several times and being the idiot that I was I didn’t wear my seat belt. I still will never forgive myself for that. After a week or two of constant. ”“I will. Where have you never been?”“Quicker, I would say, to say where I HAVE been. I’ve been to US and to Russia and China. England too of course but I haven’t seen much. Will you paint pictures for me with your words?”We said goodnight and retreated into our own flats a while later. I was curiously taken with her. She was so direct, so easy with her body and it truly was a lovely body. I was seeing again in my minds eye the sway of her hips, the way her hair flew when she spun, the shape of.