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reflect on his image in the mirror. He had to admit, he’d let himself go. His hair was oily and stringy, and like his beard, long in places and short in others where he’d casually hacked away at it when it got in his way. His skin was sallow from not enough natural sunlight, and he’d acquired bags under his 27-year-old eyes. He did, however, brush his teeth on a regular basis, but that was mainly so he wouldn’t have to experience alien dentists, or whatever passed as dentists out here. The thought sent a shudder through his body. And on top of everything else, he hadn’t found anything that adequately passed as deodorant in nearly nine months.
    My god, I must smell like shit!
    He almost didn’t return to the room with the girl; he was embarrassed, not only for himself, but for all MAN-kind.
    Wrapping a towel around his naked lower torso, Adam stood in the doorway of the grooming station and looked at the woman. She was sitting up in the bed, wrapping a sheet around her nakedness. For the first time since they’d met – a brief one hour ago – he took a really good look at her. Her hair was blonde, and like his, it too was long and oily with no curl in it whatsoever. She wore no make-up on her pale skin, which was understandable in an alien universe. He noticed hair under her armpits, and her exposed leg also displayed a generous amount of fuzzy blonde stubble. Still, she was the most glorious thing he’d seen in a long time…
    A generous and dark-nippled breast presented itself to him as she attempted to wrap the sheet around her body, then noticing him standing in the doorway, he saw her blush and she pulled the sheet up over herself. He simply smiled back at her, raised his eyebrows a couple of times and shrugged. The woman coyishly smiled back, nodded yes, and let the sheet fall back on the bed.
    And with that, Adam dropped the towel and dove back onto the bed, ready and willing for round two.
     

    Now fully-exhausted, the two naked Humans lie wrapped in each other’s arms, the woman’s head resting on Adam’s chest. After awhile, she lifted herself away from him and looked into his eyes. He stared back.
    Then simultaneously, they both burst into laughter.
    With tears streaming down their faces, a flood of questions erupted from their throats.
    “Who ARE you?” Adam asked first.
    “I’m Sherri Valentine,” she answered in a sweet Southern accent. Seeing the reaction on his face, she quickly added, “I know, it sounds like a porn star. I’ve been dealing with that my whole life. What’s your name?”
    “I’m Adam Cain.”
    They shook hands.
    “You’re from the south somewhere, right?”
    “How’d you guess? Kentucky, actually. A little town called Owensboro. It’s still the South.”
    “I know where Owensboro is,” Adam said a little too enthusiastically. “It’s near the Ohio border?”
    Sherri nodded. “How ’bout you? What’s your story?”
    “I’m from southern California, but I’m in the Navy now – or I was in the Navy. Now…I don’t know.” He was feeling as nervous as a schoolboy around her.
    Sherri smiled at him. “I’m sure we both have some stories to tell. How long have you been out here?”
    “Around nine months now, as best I can tell. Time is all fucked up here—” he stopped, embarrassed with his language; it had been so long since he had to be careful around a lady, especially a Human lady.
    “It’s okay, stud,” she said to him, smiling. “I’ve heard a lot worse than that. You need to relax. We’re a just couple of lost Humans a long way from home.”
    “You’re actually the only other Human woman I’ve seen here. There was another Human male, but he’s dead now.” Adam noticed a cloud come over Sherri’s face and the smile drained away. “How about you? How long have you been here? And have you seen any other Humans?”
    She looked away, and at the solitary window in the room. “It’s probably been three years now. You’re right, time is