I let Tiger take the small skins to clean them as I defrosted the bodies and took them down to the stasis cabinet.It was a week before we left, Alex h...d another bird bat and Jade had three, the other girls each got a couple, one of mom's had hatched her eggs. While we had waited the council had added a dozen flyer transport battery packs to our first site and reviewed the total cost of our work.This time when I stepped out of the hatch of the cargo flyer Griffin and Hunter both flew down ahead. .. doing it ... she was saying ... your name.” Susan buried her head in Tom’s shoulder as he hugged her. He had to choose his words carefully.“Suzy, I don’t think ill of you at all. We all have to have some ... gratification once in a while. Your mom is no different. After all it’s been a while since she has ... well you know. And sometimes we have fantasies to help us in those times. But that doesn’t mean there are real feelings there; I mean to base a relationship on.”“Dad ... Can I tell you. . ." "We can serve you!" said Propontia. "And we can give ourselves to you!" said Kiki. His rejoinder was swift: "All out of wishes, then? I'm sorry, ladies.I'm only human and I'd love to have you. But even if you can't hurt me andmine anymore, you'd have to hurt someone else. I see now that it's just yournature. During my talk with the wise woman, she spelled out for me that you'recreatures of both water and land, and nearly unkillable when in contact witheither. So . . . ." He got three. I opened it and let her in.“What is this place?”“It belongs to my boss. I have a key. He rarely uses it, so mostly I can use it.”“Awesome!”We sat at the dinette table and ate our Wendy’s burgers and fries. When we finished, I led Beth to the bathroom where I turned on the shower. We quickly stripped and climbed in. I went through my ritual of washing her hair and then her body. She did the same for me. We dried each other, and I led her to the bed. I turned down the blanket and sheets and we.