I stood up to put out mycigarette and took my drink over to sit beside him on the couch.I sat very close, my thigh touching his. I turned to face him,...nd leaned over very close. I changed my voice a little, aimingfor a lower, husky, sexier sound."Yes, still at school. Is it that obvious? Do I seem like aschoolgirl to you?"He was interested, definitely, but embarrassed."Well, you look very grown up tonight. It's just the uniform.Last night, I remembered. But you look very different tonight." How. He stripped the ruined, blood soaked dress off her, and threw it into the blazing fire that was in the room for his return. He left the room briefly and returned with a basin of water and a clean towel. He carefully washed her body, his own making demands of him that he hadn’t felt or even thought of in centuries. He looked down at her thinking of how much like an angel she appeared in sleep, certainly nothing like the Lady of the night he knew her to be. Then he covered her with a light. Oh, I noticed all that!" You don't know what you're saying." Like hell I don't!" she shot back at him. "You and Joey both! Like father, like son! You both want that little sexpot! And Joey so young he has no idea what it's all about! Maybe you want your son to be with you when you fuck her! Oh, I know you want her; you just don't have the fucking nerve to make a pass at her! You're afraid of her because she's so young, that's all that stops you! You're a fucking hypocrite! Did you know that,. When I tell them of my search they will not hear me and swim away. I think that to take all of one’s food this way is bad, it makes stupid. I take some food from the floating things to save time, but I do not take all, I still hunt.It is very different here near the land. I do not like it. I know now much better why it is that to us the land is the end of all things. I must stay near it to search for Kitik, but as soon as my search is done I will go away. If I cannot find my pod again Kitik and.