You’re either all the way in, or all the way out. If you say no, you won’t be allowed to come in later. If you say yes, you’re committed.”“E...en without,” I started.“Even without any more information. If you say yes I’ll give you a monkey deposit now, and the rest when,” he paused at my frown. “A monkey?” he asked me, his eyebrows raised in surprise. I shrugged and shook my head. I’d heard the term but didn’t actually know how much that was. He told me. “Five hundred nicker. Okay?”“Ah. Okay.”. Each time I put my hands naturally at my sides, they fell on the soft, cool pile of the satin dress encircling my waist, the dress being held out by the scads of crinoline petticoat. Each time, my male sensibilities made me draw my hands back involuntarily. There was nowhere for them to go!Maggie explained that I must take very short steps and hold my arms out a little from the elbows for balance; that it would certainly be impossible for me to walk with my normal male gait in high heels. I. "The repast was prepared by many willing hands and excellent. The wines were from the border region where they were growing again. The weather patterns on this planet seemed to go through a period of warming every millennium and the third millennium appeared to have a slightly shorter cool cycle than previous — blamed on the 'mutie wars' even though they had occurred four centuries previously.Morg was regaling TJ with accounts of his effort at preparing the Highland mutton which he found very. There was no point to open his eyes, now was it?“Hmm, do I really have to rely on my tried and tested methods to make you wake up? And here I thought you needed to take it easy,” the familiar voice continued.He could feel the bed dipping under the weight of another person. Ah, the dream was just getting better. He giggled, as he felt teeth nibbling at his ear.“Ah, I knew you were awake,” the voice chided him.Well, if it was a dream, he could pretend to open his eyes. Especially since he could.