If meat were to be had, it was hunted, not husbanded. This further meant all agriculture was human powered, limiting population growth. It wasn’t mu...h more complicated than the slash burn and re-plant procedure used among the jungle giants back on earth.Besides, there was no reason for large population centers, who would want to be so crowded? Folks tended to move on if a place grew too much, all the more so because of the primitive sanitation practices. It wasn’t like a house was so special,. She stopped and hoped he hadn’t seen any of the wetness still drying on her skin. She also felt something very sticky slowly escaping from her little bud.“God you have grown into a beautiful young lady. I hope you know I’m just looking out for you. My family came from nothing and I’ve worked hard to become a lawyer and a get you this house and live with white folk in rich neighborhoods. I just hope you appreciate all I’ve done for you and your brother?”“I do Daddy.” “Good.” He lingered looking. I too was about to come and squirted my second load against the canvas wall of my cubicle. When I looked back in at her she was just regaining her composure and started to dress, not bothering with any underwear, just a long flowery skirt and woolly jumper. I cleaned my cubicle and myself up, got dressed and left. But she was already gone. The following week I arrived at my usual time and saw her sitting in the coffee shop and thought she must have already been for a swim and that I had missed. I thought it was odd that she was wearing exactly the same revealing clothing she had on the night before. She was not hitch hiking, but I made a quick loop, rolled down the passenger window and asked if she needed a ride.Clearly she didn't recognize me at first, but when I reminder her that I was a friend of her neighbor and had met her earlier, she seemed glad to get a ride. It turned out that she was heading to a popular public pool, where she expected to meet some friends. When I was.