"Don't ask me."Don't ask me. I'm just this silly human, you know?" She nodded, leaning over to kiss me again. I sighed softly, smiling and reaching out to run my hand over her small breasts, caressing her soft, downy fur sliding under my fingertips. "I love you, Ress." She smiled. "Want to head back to the party?" I got up, brushing the sand off of my pants and holding down a hand for her. "Sure," I replied, stating the obvious. She took my hand and allowed me to help her to a standing position. I helped her brush the sand off of her own clothes and we started walking back towards the party, which even from this distance was visible by the bright lights and tall bonfire. "Meet you there?" I asked Nance as he and M'Ress boarded the small inflatable boat to head back towards the Succubus. "You two aren't going to swim, are you?" "Why not?" Sanla replied, smiling. "I like swimming, you know that." "It's got to be two hundred meters to the boat! It's pitch black out!" I laughed softly. "This from the family's professional risk- taker." "Stardiving is a calculated risk," Nance replied coolly. "Somehow, I don't think swimming in dark, who-knows-what-infested waters qualifies as calculated." "We'll take it," I said, tossing my clothes into the boat. "Ready, Sans?" The Satryl grinned at me wide. "After you, Ken." I took a step into the water, tested the temperature, and then dove in head-first, being sure to flatten out and avoid scraping my face along the sand at the bottom. Since Herrych Beach is a pebbled and packed surface, unlike the pristine ground sand that makes up Shardik Beach, doing so here would probably be even more painful than the few times I miscalculated the tide back home. |