When the morning came I stayed in my position and wasn't allowed up until the sun had cleared the horizon. I was then taken by the rest of the men int... a large hut where my body was painted. Another religious ceremony took place, this time with a ritual of fire, after which I was now considered a man. I was given some potent concoction to drink. I took a swallow and gasped as was expected of me and when we walked out I was greeted by everybody but Lusa.Later in the day the wedding began in. “And, I’m sorry to hear about your family.”“You’ve also been kind and respectful to me,” he says with a small laugh. “No matter how perverted or disrespectful I might have been, you always remain professional.”“Except for when you first offered a promotion in exchange for sex, I’ve never had an issue with you,” I say.“What about when I took advantage of you while you were drunk?” He asks.“I wasn’t that drunk,” I say. “I knew what I was doing, and I chose to have sex with you.”“Fond memories,”. Keying the preset button on the food replicator produced a clunking noise from the machine and he waited quietly for the unappetizing bar to appear in the tray. A minute later, the flat bar dropped down with a hollow thunk. Stuffing the unappetizing bar in his mouth, he walked down the corridor and keyed the armory door open. Grabbing up the hydration unit and his tools, he moved back to the living area to begin trying to bring it back to life. Dropping his tools down beside the unit, he locked. He did calm down, eventually, and I wish I didn’t say a thing. It was not the time, nor the place to make them upset over something like this.”“So you don’t believe him,” Carter said. “Your husband,” he added with difficulty, the word heavy and unpleasant in his mouth.“No, how can I believe such an outrageous thing?” Aron huffed. “In his name, I must apologize. He’s been through a lot ... well, definitely not as much as you, but he tends to take everything too much at...”“He’s a screamer,”.