My confidence helped ease the situation. She started being friendlier with me. I can sense the feeling of mutual trust and respect, but there was some...budding lust. This was a crucial period. I was able to alter the course of the relationship without her knowing it.While she was busy worrying about her looks, I was able to express my appreciation of her body without any element of flirting.Normally these girls will have a guard against flirts, and they will distance those men they see as. I was really surprised, finding her mound was nicely shaved.When Martha finished her performance, she picked up her clothes and some bills that the men had thrown on stage for her. She passed close to me and then I grabbed her hand.Martha opened her eyes wide, but she did not look embarrassed about her own nakedness. She just looked surprised to see me there; but she gave me a nice smile. I offered her a drink and she sat down there, taking a cup of wine.Martha told me she used to go there when. She led me around behind the shed, through some tall weeds to an old but sturdy picnic table. She leaned against the end of the table.“So, who's banging who?” She asked.“Uh, what do you mean?” I replied, flustered by her directness.“I'm not blind,” she said, “you guys slept here last night, and only rwo beds got used.”“Yeah,” I admitted, “we kind of slept together last night.”“So, you going steady with one of those girls?”she pressed.“I guess not,” I said, “We're kind of open minded about. ‘Do I have to enter it?’ He looked over his shoulder, spotting a persistent white dot at the distance.Even if Archbishop Silternja was wary of the Down Ocean’s dangers, he was bent on eradicating Zax.WHOOSH!His outburst of speed was diminishing faster than it boosted him. With no other choice than to strive forward in order to survive, Zax entered the domain of the Down Ocean. ‘No Overlords showing up in territorial pursuit?’ He glanced around, perking his ears but did not see nor hear anything.