"I hope you're not disappointed in how your mother looks, Matt, compared to the girls in school?" "Oh, Mom, you look pretty great to me. In fact, I ju...t never knew how hot you look like this." "Well, thank you, Son, that's very sweet." And she leaned forward and took me in her arms and kissed me. On the lips. Naked. As my arms went around her, my hands held her back, sliding down on her nice, smooth butt. We separated and I heard her ask, "Have I given my son a hard-on?" I sputtered, "Well,. I was a little self-conscious the first day, but it quickly wore off, and I've gotten used to being naked and even having sex in front of people. In fact, I kind of enjoy having an audience now. Anyway, the discussion of my sex life didn't take that long, we had covered most everything by now.Since we had time left over, Dr. Wagner had me discuss my project. I'm researching the effects of sexual mores on international relations. It hasn't been as much fun as some of the other projects, since. Picture windows loomed as tall as skyscrapers, potplantswaved their ferny heads below an impossibly remote ceiling.The carpet beneath my feet ran off as wide and open as afootball field.(carpet?? we don't have carpet in in the Back Room!!)(yes we do. we've always had carpet in the Studio)(no, we DON'T!!)Pushing those nagging, conflicting voices to the back of myhead, I continued to scan around the Studio, the Back Room,whatever it was now. The whole place looked unfamiliar.Things had been. ”“I agree. Well, I’m almost at the stateroom, so I’ll talk to you later.”“Okay. How ‘bout comin’ to see Marra before ya leave?”“I don’t know how long this will take, and we’re getting awfully close to the jump window. How about we wait until we get to Pygmaean space. We’ll have dinner.”“Works for me, and I’ll hold you to it. If ya bail on me, I’ll give ya tha’ paddlin’! See ya later,” Tala said, ending the connection.“Good to see you, Khach,” Esriro said, greeting the man who had alerted her to.