Walking naked to the kitchen, she quickly starts the percolator. The aroma of coffee filling the kitchen is enough to lift her spirits. Maybe this day...will not be so bad after all, the thought flashes across her mind. She sprints on her toes to the room, the cold tiles reminding her that winter is not far off. She gets in the shower and turns the water on. Feeling the water run down her body, makes her body shiver. She loves her shower with the massaging head. Her thoughts turn to the day. Her Romanian fortune-teller close and personal friend Valentina gave her all the satisfaction she needed in human sexual contact without the need to chance the explosion of seeds of creation inside her human form. The woman was fully trained now to perform all those special little exercises that she had become addicted to over the years. Her recent attempts to have a normal human life with a male partner had all ended in disaster or despair and she had decided to just use the humans for liquid. Jollis frowned as he stopped in the center. He looked around as if needing to convince himself he were really alone. No, this was wrong. His emotions did not work like that. They confronted him openly in the court of his mind; they did not skulk in the shadows like thieves.Yet the sensation was not as pronounced as it had been at the Rogue Mage encampments, and even then it had been fleeting. This was constant, like an annoying buzzing in his ear.Jollis wandered about the clearing. The. ’ ‘Wow,’ was Bill’s stupid sounding but sincere response. ‘You look great.’ Sally said, ‘Thanks. There’s a simple explanation. Well, simple is probably not the right word. Psychologically, there’s a complex- probably weird explanation but I like to describe it as simple.’ Bill kept his eyes on her- trying to stay focused on her face and not drop his eyes to her chest. She continued, ‘In high school when I developed a woman’s body there were several boys who harassed me- nothing physical- just.