"Well, maybe we could give each other a mutual foot rub" Larek smiled. "I remember the first time we did that. Not sure if it was the decisive factor, but just after that, you asked me if we wanted to "do it" for the first time. And then we did. Maybe we don't have to do that second one, but it would be nice to make you feel good. Gods knows you deserve it." He looked at her scars. Nyx indeed had been through quite a bit.

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"Love is hard to explain" Orna replied. "But it is important. So many females these days put pleasure above love, and while I can see how that is important too, it doesn't make for a home or a family."

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"Making something like an egg?" Veax wondered. "Our siblings seem to be doing that. Uniting their flesh to make new life, as my mother always said." 

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Kos thought about that. "Well, we have plenty of time to do that, for sure. You know who'd be a good person to talk to about that? My stepmother. Aerta knows more about laying eggs and raising children than I ever will."