" He looked down at his chest and wrapped his arms over the red area. "Goddess, that hurts. What happened" Wizard got you and Talia with some kind of ... spell." Talia?"The two saw Talia and Zoltan ran to her side. Urgah followed, a bit clumsily.Talia pre-empted questioning by saying to Urgah, "Urgah, my love, the Goddess gave me something for you." She brought his head down to hers and kissed him. When she let him go he took a step back in surprise. The red area had disappeared from his. That's also sort of what happened to the twins.The cultural taboo of brother and sister being naked was back. What had inhibited their resistance to that was now gone. And yet, they had shared so much intimacy, that the desire to keep sharing intimacy was also there.What they did was start to get dressed in the clothing they had laid out the night before. That was part instinct, because it lessened the emotional pressure on them that nudity created, and part habit, because it wasn't long before. Shit, that's what we called it. Zero Hour. That's what it was. Natalie and I had been invited to join a spouse-sharing group and tonight was our initiation. We had to decide by eight whether or not we wanted it. Did we remain monogamous or swap?That is like a nuclear explosion, you know. Our marriage -- the one we're in now where we promised to forsake all others as long as we both shall live -- is gone, eliminated in a flash. A new marriage takes its place. One where we promise to love, honor,. My lounge chair was set so that I was sitting up. I was taking in the beauty of the day and the back yard. The birds were twittering about. We had very active groups of purple finches and Downey woodpeckers. The yard was always full of the sounds of birds.It reminded me of my youth in northern Wisconsin, sitting on a hay wagon listening to the meadowlarks or of my time in Texas listening to the mockingbirds. Bird songs always made me feel good.“Mick, I have some ice tea for you.” Keri came out.