your body by seeming accident, as you did during the power outage before I clued you in about that. You might evince a need for comfort, maybe even forcing a tear as you look me in the face. I’m bound to pick up on the hints.”
She faced him, leaning forward with a tear in her eye. Her breasts showed seemingly coincidentally, her deep cleavage heaving. “Please, Brom.”
She could be a frighteningly swift study! “I have an idea,” he said.
“This way, beloved.” She led him to a chamber he had not noticed before. It was a sleeping compartment. In moments they were making almost savage love.
“Did I do it correctly?” she asked as they lay in the aftermath.
“Aliena, you’re always a perfect sex partner.”
“I mean the diversion technique.”
“That too.”
“I will remember.”
“Now what were you diverting me from?”
“My calculating nature. I am learning how to mask it.”
“Keep practicing. You can also use it on people when sex is not an issue. Sometimes they need to be persuaded, and subtlety can accomplish what direct argument won’t. That’s similar to the way I make cartoons seem real.”
“Thank you.”
“But for the record, I’m not turned off by the signs of your intelligence and decision making ability. I know you will need them for your role as envoy, and I want you to be as good at it as you can be.”
“I wonder whether I can seduce you again, already.”
“Why?”
“Because I love you.”
“Aliena, I’m amenable. But I am slowly coming to know you. Is there other reason?”
“I am nervous about the coming examinations, and need comfort.”
“Why didn’t you say so?”
“That would not have been subtle.”
He laughed, and she laughed with him, enjoying the art of mirth. Then she set about seducing him again, as the train continued its charge toward the desert space station.
In due course they rejoined Sam and Martha, who were watching erotic play. Sam turned if off as Brom and Aliena approached.
“No, let me see that,” Aliena said.
“Doll, it’s pornography,” Sam said. “Not your kind of thing.”
Aliena took the remote and turned it on. “This is interesting,” she said. “I have not been moaning with pleasure when I perform.”
“It’s fake,” Sam said. “The sex is real, but for them it’s business rather than pleasure. It’s to turn men on. Real woman don’t act like that.”
Aliena continued to watch, evidently making mental notes. “It is for men? Why were you watching, Martha?”
Martha hesitated momentarily, then answered. “This is a long dull ride, with no need of our alertness, as the train is secure. We’ve been on duty a long time. The porn is dreary for me, but if it turns Sam on, things might get interesting for a while. Is that sufficiently candid?”
“I’ll be damned,” Sam said. “I thought you were just tolerating it.”
“I was. Play acting is a poor shadow of the real thing.”
“True. But when on duty, that is all that is available.”
She merely looked at him.
“We are through with the bedroom, for now,” Aliena said, her eyes still on the video.
Sam smiled. “Madame?” he said to Martha.
“I thought you’d never ask.”
They departed. “Maybe she was a shade too subtle,” Brom said.
“She likes him, but it’s a business association.”
“You are learning to read people.”
“I am trying, but they can be devious and not always logical.”
He returned to what she had diverted him from. “Why are you nervous about what’s coming, Aliena? I am in the dark about this whole thing.”
“I will have my first examinations since I came to the house. If anything is wrong with me, this will reveal it.”
“Oh, your brain transplant? What problem could there be?”
“My brain is alien not merely to this body, but to your species. To this world. They use strenuous medications to suppress the body’s immune response, but these were interrupted during the snafu. There might be
She faced him, leaning forward with a tear in her eye. Her breasts showed seemingly coincidentally, her deep cleavage heaving. “Please, Brom.”
She could be a frighteningly swift study! “I have an idea,” he said.
“This way, beloved.” She led him to a chamber he had not noticed before. It was a sleeping compartment. In moments they were making almost savage love.
“Did I do it correctly?” she asked as they lay in the aftermath.
“Aliena, you’re always a perfect sex partner.”
“I mean the diversion technique.”
“That too.”
“I will remember.”
“Now what were you diverting me from?”
“My calculating nature. I am learning how to mask it.”
“Keep practicing. You can also use it on people when sex is not an issue. Sometimes they need to be persuaded, and subtlety can accomplish what direct argument won’t. That’s similar to the way I make cartoons seem real.”
“Thank you.”
“But for the record, I’m not turned off by the signs of your intelligence and decision making ability. I know you will need them for your role as envoy, and I want you to be as good at it as you can be.”
“I wonder whether I can seduce you again, already.”
“Why?”
“Because I love you.”
“Aliena, I’m amenable. But I am slowly coming to know you. Is there other reason?”
“I am nervous about the coming examinations, and need comfort.”
“Why didn’t you say so?”
“That would not have been subtle.”
He laughed, and she laughed with him, enjoying the art of mirth. Then she set about seducing him again, as the train continued its charge toward the desert space station.
In due course they rejoined Sam and Martha, who were watching erotic play. Sam turned if off as Brom and Aliena approached.
“No, let me see that,” Aliena said.
“Doll, it’s pornography,” Sam said. “Not your kind of thing.”
Aliena took the remote and turned it on. “This is interesting,” she said. “I have not been moaning with pleasure when I perform.”
“It’s fake,” Sam said. “The sex is real, but for them it’s business rather than pleasure. It’s to turn men on. Real woman don’t act like that.”
Aliena continued to watch, evidently making mental notes. “It is for men? Why were you watching, Martha?”
Martha hesitated momentarily, then answered. “This is a long dull ride, with no need of our alertness, as the train is secure. We’ve been on duty a long time. The porn is dreary for me, but if it turns Sam on, things might get interesting for a while. Is that sufficiently candid?”
“I’ll be damned,” Sam said. “I thought you were just tolerating it.”
“I was. Play acting is a poor shadow of the real thing.”
“True. But when on duty, that is all that is available.”
She merely looked at him.
“We are through with the bedroom, for now,” Aliena said, her eyes still on the video.
Sam smiled. “Madame?” he said to Martha.
“I thought you’d never ask.”
They departed. “Maybe she was a shade too subtle,” Brom said.
“She likes him, but it’s a business association.”
“You are learning to read people.”
“I am trying, but they can be devious and not always logical.”
He returned to what she had diverted him from. “Why are you nervous about what’s coming, Aliena? I am in the dark about this whole thing.”
“I will have my first examinations since I came to the house. If anything is wrong with me, this will reveal it.”
“Oh, your brain transplant? What problem could there be?”
“My brain is alien not merely to this body, but to your species. To this world. They use strenuous medications to suppress the body’s immune response, but these were interrupted during the snafu. There might be
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