@@@@@Melanie, sluggish from the long day of
@@@@@Melanie, sluggish from the long day of attempted comfort, did
seem rather unenthused by the idea“Get involved with life rather than with her
“And then there are the physical drives these bodies haveI've never seen or heard of their
equalOne of the most difficult things we of the first wave had to conquer was the mating
instinctBelieve me, the humans noticed when you didn't She grinned and rolled her eyes at
some memoryWhen I didn't react as she'd expected, she sighed and crossed her arms
impatiently“Oh, come now, WandererYou must have noticed
“Well, of course,” I mumbledMelanie stirred restlesslyI've told you about the
dreams”
“No, I didn't mean just memoriesHaven't you come across anyone that your body has
responded to in the present–on strictly a chemical level?”
I thought her question through carefully
“Trust me,” Kathy said dryly“Perhaps you should open
your eyes and look around for that specificallyIt might do you a lot of good
My body recoiled from the thoughtI registered Melanie's disgust, mirrored by my own
Kathy read my expression“Don't let her control how you interact with your kind, Wanderer
Don't let her control youI waited a moment to answer, reining in the anger that I'd never quite gotten
used to
“She does not control me