And yet she didn’t run over to hug me like she used to.Maybe she’d outgrown me or maybe I was an uncool old guy now. Well, I wasnearing thirty. Th...t bummed me out. Plus, Dylan’s unannounced visit meant that whatever sexy fun my wife had planned for my birthday would have to wait.I felt old. Old and horny. That’s a crappy combo.I had just about lost hope, but I still asked, “So Merr, can you at least tell me what you got me for my birthday?”My wife pointed at Dylan, who was now practically. We sit there talking about work whilst sipping our drinks, you move your head and grimace and I ask you what’s up when you tell me that your neck and shoulders are sore from standing up all day and your ribs are still hurting, so I tell you to sit with your back to me and I start to give your neck and shoulders a nice gentle massage, you stop me so you can have a drink, then you reach round under your top and unclip your bra to relieve the tension around your ribs then you sit back against me. Her name was Eve and he thought that appropriate because she was like an original female with only one thing on her mind when the sun went down. He had taken her under his wing that first night after her liberation and had discovered she was still a virgin. It was such a shock that he almost stopped before consummating the joining of their flesh. The young girl begged him to continue because she was ready and willing and he understood her need to be a full-fledged member of the group and truly. We are heavy, and our pains burn you.”The beam slipped a bit, and he grimaced as he hefted it back into balance. She was right, in a way; each melda was like having another life tucked inside you, another set of hopes and dreams and fears and flaws. Most people had enough trouble managing their own, yet a meldin added significant complexity to one’s existence. Even at the height of the Order, most arohim only took one or two meldin, yet Aran already had eight.You went out creating melda without.